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HISTORY 


—OF  — 


JEROME  TOWNSHIP 

UNION  COUNTY,  OHIO 


"Memory,  a  source  of  pleasure  and  instruction, 
is  the  only  paradise  out  of  which  We  cannot  be 
driven  away."  —Rogers. 


By 
W.  L.  CURRY 


COLUMBUS,        -        OHIO 
1913 


Copyrighted,    1913 

&y  W.  L.  CURRY 

Published  in  October,   1913 


Preu  of 

The  AVnxm/   T.  Milter  Co. 
Columbus   Ohio 


CONTENTS 


PAGE 

PREFACE    4-5 

JEROME  TOWNSHIP  ORGANIZED 7 

INDIANS    8 

FIRST  SETTLEMENT  9 

THE  LOG  CABIN 11 

HUNTING  AND  TRAPPING.... 13 

THE  LOG  SCIIOOLIIOUSE 20 

BARRING  THE  TEACHER  OUT 23 

MILLING  AND  EARLY  INDUSTRIES 24 

SOCIAL  GATHERINGS  30 

CHURCHES    35 

VILLAGE  OF  PLAIN  CITY 40 

VILLAGE  OF  JEROME 42 

VILLAGE  OF  NEW  CALIFORNIA 48 

VILLAGE  OF  ARNOLD 57 

JEROME  TOWNSHIP  OFFICIALS 58 

DEDICATION  OF  SOLDIERS'  MONUMENT 60 

HISTORICAL  ADDRESS  64 

WAR  HISTORY  72 

CIVIL  WAR  73 

\  THE  BOYS  OF  '61- — Poem 78 

HISTORY  OF  REGIMENTS 80 

v  SPANISH  AMERICAN  WAR 162 

COLONEL  GEORGE  RUEHLEN  —  Biographical  Sketch 168 

MEXICAN   WAR   170 

WAR  OF  1812 175 

WAR  OF  THE  REVOLUTION 181 

OUR  BOYS  OF  OTHER  STATES 184 

OUR   HEROINES 186 

ROSTER 191 

SOLDIERS  BURIED  IN  JEROME  TOWNSHIP 201 

OUR  HEROIC  DEAD....  ..  203 


PREFACE. 

In  distinct  ion  from  romance,  history  is  defined  as  "A  true 
story  or  record  of  important  events,"  and  the  writing  and  pub- 
lication of  this  little  volume  was  undertaken  with  the  desire 
that  there  may  be  a  continuity  of  sonic  ot  the  facts  already 
published  in  a  countv  history  some  twenty  years  ago.  as  it  was 
mv  fortune  to  furnish  the  greater  part  of  the  Jerome  Township 
history  for  that  publication. 

F>y  reason  of  the  limited  space  in  this  volume,  many  inter- 
esting historical  incidents  must  be  omitted,  yet  we  of  the  third 
generation  from  the  pioneers  who  first  settled  in  Jerome 
Township,  have  heard  from  the  lips  of  our  fathers  and  mothers 
many  thrilling  stones  of  Indian  warfare,  hunting,  and  other 
interesting  incidents  of  pioneer  life,  which  should  be  handed 
down  to  our  descendants. 

It  has  therefore  been  a  pleasant  duty  to  record  for  the 
future  historian  some  of  the  facts  that  have  not  been  hereto- 
fore published,  to  be  utilized  fifty  years  hence  when  he  writes 
of  the  present  progressive  fourth  generation.  The  storv  of 
the  manner  of  li\ing  in  the  log  cabins,  the  trials  and  hardships 
of  the  earlv  .-eitlcr-,  will  alwavs  be  of  intense  interest  to  the 
1  he  first  generation  has  all  parsed  to  the  other  shore, 
and  I  hope  they  abide  in  a  land  where  the  birds  sing  as  sweetly, 
the  -tream-  llow  as  gently  as  they  did  along  the  banks  of  1  )arby 
:  and  Sugar  Run  a  century  ago. 

Perhaps  the  boys   and  <rirls  of  fifty   years  a</o.  whose  hair 


•  they  glai  e  at  these  pages,  may  go  back  in  memory  as  1 
have  done,  gaze  into  the  wood  lire  at  the  old  homestead,  and 
hve  o\  i  again  the  days  of  childhood  and  youth. 

_.  down  the  other  side  of  the  hill   facing  the  -unset 

'  •   you  ran   see   in   that    flickering  bla/.e  the  corner   in  the 

•c  where  you  conned  over  your  lessons  in  the  long 

winter  •  .'enn  j-.   read  the  weeklv  new-paper,  cracked  hickory 


nuts  gathered  from  the  old  shellbark  tree  down  in  the  meadow, 
ate  Bellflower  apples  and  drank  cider. 

As  you  muse,  hear  again  the  sweet  strains  of  the  old  songs, 
"Where  are  the  friends  that  to  me  were  so  dear, 

Long,  long  ago.  long,  long  ago"  ; 

"Home,  Sweet  Hq/lfce,"  listen  to  the  thrilling  stories  of  adven- 
ture, broken  now  and  then  by  the  bark  of  the  faithful  dog  on 
the  doorstep. 

In  the  war  history,  writing  in  undue  eulogy  of  any  organi- 
zation or  arm  of  the  service  has  been  studiously  avoided.  It 
is  not  intended  to  extol  the  service  of  any  soldier  or  officer, 
but  to  give  credit  where  credit  is  due  to  any  organization,  and 
to  give  the  service  of  each  regiment  as  shown  by  official 
records. 

Believing  all  soldiers,  in  whatever  organization  they  may 
have  served,  to  be  equally  patriotic,  brave  and  faithful,  wher- 
ever the  fortunes  of  war  cast  them  —  whether  heroes  of  the 
Revolution,  Soldiers  of  the  War  of  1812,  Mexican  War,  Civil 
War,  or  Spanish-American  War. 


JEROME  TOWNSHIP,  UNION   COUNTY,  OHIO. 

The  township  was  organized  March  12,  1821,  and  the  first 
election  was  held  May  10,  1821,  for  the  selection  of  Justice 
of  the  Peace.  Clark  Provin  received  the  entire  fifteen  votes 
cast.  James  Ewing,  Frederick  Sager  and  Simeon  Hager  were 
the  judges  of  the  election.  John  Taylor  and  John  McCune 
were  the  clerks. 

When  the  first  settlers  came  into  the  territory  in  Jerome 
Township  along  Darby  Creek,  it  was  the  favorite  "hunting 
grounds"  of  the  Indians.  In  many  places  the  traces  of  their 
wigwams  still  remained  and  the  country  was  full  of  all  kinds 
of  game,  including  bears,  deer,  wolves,  panthers,  and  small 
game. 

Just  north  of  Plain  City,  the  Indians  had  a  town  where 
they  lived  in  large  numbers  in  wigwams  covered  with  bark, 
until  about  the  year  1800. 

On  the  old  Kent  farm  on  Sugar  Run  was  a  sugar  camp 
where  the  Indians  manufactured  maple  syrup.  Parties  from 
Chillicothe  often  came  here  to  trade  for  large  quantities  of 
raccoon  skins  and  other  furs.  At  this  time  the  Indians  were 
generally  friendly. 

The  first  sheep  were  brought  to  the  township  by  James 
Ewing  and  he  had  to  keep  them  confined  in  a  high  pen  built 
of  logs  to  keep  the  wolves  from  attacking  them.  One  day,  a 
number  of  Indians  called  at  his  cabin  and  one  of  the  dogs  be- 
longing to  the  Indians  jumped  into  the  pen  and  attacked  the 
sheep,  whereupon  Mr.  Ewing  took  his  rifle  and  killed  the  dog. 
This  made  the  Indians  very  angry,  and  they  had  some  trouble. 
As  it  happened,  Jonathan  Alder,  who  had  been  among  the 
Indians  for  many  years  and  understood  their  ways,  interposed 
and  peace  was  established  between  the  Indians  and  the  white 
men. 

Wolves  were  very  plentiful,  but  soon  after  the  settlement 
was  established,  a  bounty  of  $4.00  a  scalp  was  paid  by  the 


8  History  of  Jerome  ToicnsJiip 

county,    which    resulted   in   killing   off   the   larger   number   of 
wolves. 

Jonathan  Alder  lived  in  Jerome  Township  on  the  west  side 
of  Darby,  just  north  of  Plain  City.  He  was  taken  prisoner 
by  the  Indians  in  Virginia  when  he  was  a  small  boy  and  lived 
with  them  until  he  grew  to  manhood.  When  he  lived  in 
Jerome  Township  he  had  a  squaw  wife.  At  this  time  he 
talked  the  Indian  language  entirely,  but  soon  re-learned  the 
English  language.  He  finally  parted  from  his  squaw  wife  and 
she  went  northward  with  her  people.  He  then  married  a 
white  girl,  but  always  seemed  to  be  very  much  afraid  of  his 
squaw  wife.  The  squaw  wife  did  visit  Mr.  Alder's  house 
during  his  absence  and  destroyed  much  of  his  white  wife's 
wardrobe.  She  then  left  the  neighborhood  and  that  seems 
to  have  been  the  last  he  heard  of  her.  The  following  is  the 
inscription  on  his  tombstone: 

Jonathan  Alder,  born  September  17,  1773. 
Taken  prisoner  by  the  Indians  in  17s  1. 
Died  January  :3(»,  181!)." 

When  the  War  of  Is  12  opened,  apprehensions  of  trouble 
with  these  Indians  were  entertained,  but  they  remained 
friendly  and  no  hostilities  or  difficulties  arose  to  mar  their 
peaceful  relations.  Some  of  the  rougher  class  of  settlers  were 
on  intimate  terms  with  the  Indians  and  would  go  to  their 
camps  and  join  in  the  convivial  feasts  that  were  held  there. 
The  children  of  the  earliest  pioneers  were  for  a  time  in  mortal 
dread  of  them  and  it  required  a  long  time  before  thev  could 
be  accustomed  to  their  presence. 

James  Robinson  had  one  of  the  earliest  orchards  in  the 
vicinity,  and  after  the  trees  approached  the  age  of  bearing  he 
was  great]}-  annoved  by  the  birds  that  had  a  strong  liking  for 
his  choice  fruit,  and  manifested  the  design  of  indulging  their 
appctite>  before  it  wa>  ripe  enough  to  pluck.  Some  Indian 
lads,  belonging  to  several  families  near  by,  were  verv  expert 
iii  shooting  birds  with  their  small  bows  and  arrows,  and  Mr. 
Robinson  agreed  with  them,  by  means  of  signs,  that  for  each 
bird  they  killed  in  the  orchard  he  would  give  an  apple.  It 


.<>(;    r  \IIIN     IHMl  KSTi:  \l>    (>!'    STKPHKXSO.X     ClltltV. 


01,1)     S<    11001,1101    SK,      M:\\      C  M.II-'OII  V  I  \. 

>  Krrctcd    1  S.'ii.  } 


111  ii    -i  i   i   in   n    i   ill  in   ii.    \i.\\     <    \i  ii  i'i:\i\ 

I    I  '.!'•    •    1  '    i  I       I  S.'il'.  I 


History  of  Jerome  Township  9 

happened  that  the  following  day  was  Sunday,  and  as  Mr. 
Robinson,  who  was  a  God-fearing  Presbyterian,  was  engaged 
in  the  usual  morning  prayers,  the  Indian  lads  rushed  in  with 
a  bird  they  had  killed.  The  conscientious  pioneer  could  not 
tolerate  the  idea  of  profaning  the  Sabbath  by  this  unhallowed 
sport,  and  by  shaking  his  head  and  gesticulting,  intimated  to 
them  that  they  must  not  engage  in  it  that  day.  They  departed 
highly  incensed,  thinking  he  had  withdrawn  from  his  agree- 
ment, and  after  the  old  folks  had  gone  to  church  that  day,  the 
Indian  youths  amused  themselves  by  pointing  their  weapons 
at  the  children  left  at  home,  who  fled  to  the  house  for  protec- 
tion and  remained  within  with  bolted  doors  till  their  parents 
returned. 

When  the  troubles  of  1812  had  commenced,  it  was  several 
times  rumored  that  the  Indians  had  taken  up  arms  and  were 
preparing  to  make  a  raid  upon  the  settlement.  Many  families, 
panic-stricken,  deserted  their  homes  and  fled  farther  south.  At 
one  time,  a  party  of  settlers,  including  Moses  Mitchell,  then  a 
lad  of  sixteen  years,  fearlessly  marched  to  the  Indian  villages 
far  to  the  north  to  ascertain  if  they  had  concluded  to  put  on 
the  war  paint  and  make  the  rumored  attack.  They  found  the 
Indians  sitting  in  council,  but  with  no  hostile  intent.  The  band 
of  whites  remained  with  them  all  night,  then  returned  to  their 
friends  and  quieted  their  fears. 

FIRST  SETTLEMENT. 

The  first  settlers  in  the  territory  of  Jerome  Township  were 
Joshua  and  James  Ewing,  two  brothers.  They  settled  in  this 
territory  in  1798  and  erected  the  first  cabin  on  the  west  bank 
of  Darby  Creek  about  one  mile  north  of  Plain  City.  This  was 
the  first  cabin  erected  in  the  territory  of  Union  County.  Lucas 
Sullivant  had  laid  out  a  town  near  this  spot  and  called  it  Xorth 
Liberty,  about  a  year  before  the  Ewings  emigrated  from  Lex- 
ington County,  Ky.,  but  110  house  had  been  erected.  At  that 
time  the  Indians  were  very  plentiful  along  Darby  and  seemed 
loath  to  leave  their  favorite  "hunting  grounds." 

lames  Ewing  established  the  first  store  in  Union  Countv. 

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;tt  his  farm  in  leroinc  Town-hip,  and  was  appointed  the  iirst 
1  'ostmaster. 

Soon  after  the  P.wini;s  arrived  in  Union  County,  other  set- 
tler- followed,  prominent  ainon^  \vliom  were  the  Taylors.  kob- 
insons.  Mitchells.  Rents.  Currys.  C'ones.  McCulloughs,  Bucks, 
I'rovins,  \otemans.  McCime-.  Sabers.  Shovers.  McClun^s  and 
Conncrs.  Afterwards  tiie  Wises.  MeCampbells,  Pi<^retts.  l\ob- 
in.-ons.  Heard-.  \\"oodhurns.  llawn^,  McCrorys.  Flecks. 
Retches,  I  lodges.  (  iiils.  (jowans.  Md)o\vell>'  Poxes.  Converses, 
rs.  Ruehleiis,  Port-.  Crottingers,  Xonneniakers.  Peaches. 
Colliers.  P.i>hops.  lludsons.  Riles,  Stones.  Donaldsons,  Patter- 
sons,  McRittncks,  i/rvs,  \orns.  Jackson,  Laugheads,  Pvan.-. 
Stewart,  Ma^ill.  I  li^x  r-.  Mo>s.  Rickards.  Koneys.  Adams. 
Ilerriotts,  ilensels.  (. 'h.-qunans.  Rilhurvs.  I'rinkerliotts.  lla^rer>. 
Morrixms,  \\ells.  Dunhoraws.  Cooks.  Arnolds.  Lhanne's,  \\"ar- 
ners,  P.ethards,  Cramer>.  II  ills,  lloherts.  Cireens,  McL'unes, 
P>ower>miths.  Cases,  liarnn^tons  and  \\  a^ners,  all  of  whom 
are  amonjj  the  f>lder  settlers  of  half  a  centurv  a^o.  The  ma- 
of  the  earlv  >ettler-~  came  from  the  colonies  of  \  ir^ima. 
.Kama,  and  Xew  fersev.  and  a  te\v  ot  them  trom  the 
Xe\\  '  '  id  States, 

The  lar^'e  majority  ot  these  ]aople  were  statmch  Preshyte- 
:  :.:  d  ><  ••  eders.  tlk  churcli  now  known  as  the  United  Pres- 

bvterian  (  huivh.  l'i  tact,  the  settlers  alonij  I)arhv  and  Su^ar 
]\un  were  ahv;iv>  known  as  >tron^lv  Presli\'terian  ]ieo]>le.  and 
at  the  pn  -enl  time  the  U.  P.  Society  i>  -till  retained  at  Xew 
(  alitorni;1.. 

Many  oi  tile  hr>t  .-ettlers  came  1  rom  Kevolulionary  ances- 
'  "  .  and  a  numher  of  Kevolutionarv  soldiers  >ettled  in  Union 

.  A.moni^  others  was  Colonel  lames  Curry,  who  received 
l.ooo  acre-  of  land  in  part  pay  for  his  services  as  a  Revolu- 
tioii.in  -oldier,  which  was  for  seven  years  as  an  olhcer  of  the 
^  i/L.'i!:i,;  ^  ontmcutal  Pine,  llenrv  Miover.  who  srttled  in  the 

ip  earlv  in    P^on.  was  al-o  a  soldier  of  the   Revolution. 
Some  oi   the  land  i-  .-till  in  the  name  of  the  Ctirrv  familv. 
ji--ie    Mitchell,    horn    Xo\  ember    !tl:.    ]"!»!),    was   the    l"ir-t 

Ti'ld  liorn  m   Union   County,  and  removed   l  rom   I)arhy 


Plistory  of  Jerome  Township  11 

Township  in  1823.  He  resided  on  the  old  Mitchell  farm  until 
he  died,  May  13th,  1881.  He  was  a  very  highly  esteemed  and 
influential  citizen,  raised  a  large  family,  all  of  whom  are  de- 
ceased. A  number  of  his  descendants  still  reside  in  the  town- 
ship, and  some  of  the  land  is  still  in  the  Mitchell  name. 

The  citizens  were  strongly  temperate,  and  it  is  a  remarkable 
fact  that  there  has  never  been  a  saloon  within  the  territory  of 
Jerome  Township,  although  it  has  been  settled  for  more  than 
one  hundred  years.  Another  remarkable  fact  is  that  so  far  as 
is  known,  no  one  of  the  old  settlers  or  their  descendants  has 
ever  been  convicted  of  a  felony.  Many  of  the  old  settlers  were 
well  educated  and  took  an  active  part  in  establishing  the  com- 
mon school  system  in  the  county. 

THE  LOG  CABIN  AND  THE  OLD  FIREPLACE. 

This  chapter  is  particularly  for  the  boys  and  girls  of  today 
to  give  them  a  glimpse  of  the  manner  of  living,  and  hardships 
which  their  grandfathers  and  grandmothers  endured  in  the 
carl}'  davs  and  well  remembered  by  the  older  residents  who 
survive.  Sixty  years  ago,  as  some  of  the  now  oldest  genera- 
tion of  the  township  can  remember,  there  were  but  few  houses 
either  of  brick  or  frame  in  this  section  of  the  country.  In  fact 
many  of  the  dwelling  houses  were  erected  of  round  logs  not 
even  hewn,  but  in  time  the  better  class  of  dwellings  were  made 
of  hewed  logs  nicely  matched  and  the  openings  between  the 
logs  "daubed"  with  mud  mixed  with  lime,  whitewashed,  and 
presented  a  very  neat  appearance.  When  a  citizen  had  his  logs 
cut,  hewed,  and  hauled  to  the  location  of  erection  the  neighbors 
were  invited  to  the  "raising"  and  they  came  with  axes  and  all 
necessary  tools  on  the  day  set.  There  was  great  strife  among 
the  ax-men  to  see  who  could  "take  up  a  corner"  the  neatest 
and  most  rapid  and  it  was  very  dangerous  work  for  an  inex- 
perienced boy,  but  they  were  all  anxious  to  try  their  hands. 
usually  under  the  eyes  of  their  fathers.  There  was  also  great 
rivalry  in  running  the  logs  up  to  the  workmen  on  skids  by  using 
long  forked  poles,  and  frequently  one  end  of  the  log  would  be 
rushed  so  fast  that  the  other  end  would  fall  and  the  workmen 


were  soinetime>  injured  bv  the  falling  timber.  'I  lie  house  or 
-table.  whichc\cr  it  might  In.-,  was  usually  raised  in  one  day  and 
the  ridgepole  put  <m  ready  for  the  roof.  The  roof  of  clap- 
boards, .-plit  u-nall\  fiMin  ouk  tiniher.  was  kept  in  j)lace  by  long 
weight-pules  instead  of  by  nails. 

It  is  well  known  to  the  older  citizens,  but  may  not  be  to 
manv  of  the  younger  generation,  the  only  way  of  heating  the 
cabins  or  of  cooking  was  by  the  old  fireplace,  about  six  feet 
wide,  and  many  of  the  chimneys  were  made  of  sticks  plastered 
with  clay  mortar  on  the  inside.  Cooking  outfits  were  not  very 
elaborate  and  u-uallv  consisted  of  an  oven  or  two  for  baking 
corn  pone,  a  >killet.  an  iron  tea  kettle,  coffee  pot  and  one  or 
two  -mall  iron  kettles  and  same  number  of  large  iron  kettles 
for  boiling  hominy,  making  soap,  and  for  washing  clothes.  The 
dishes  were  of  the  old  blue  pattern  decorated  with  birds,  ani- 
mal- and  llower.s,  which  are  now  considered  the  proper  style 
and  are  quite  rare.  liefore  these  old  fireplaces  and  on  the 
iron  cranes  that  swung  the  kettles  the  good  old  mothers  of  the 
pioneer  days  would  prepare  chicken  and  squirrel  potpies  with 
accoinpanving  -ide  dishes  tit  for  a  king.  How  many  men  who 
li\e  in  luxury  toda\  long  for  the  corn  pone,  the  pies  and  "pound 
cakes"  that  mother  made.  The  first  improvement  in  cooking 


-1  I 

.  v  '  .i'l;  reflected  the  heat  from  the  fireplace  to  bread 
iged  on  a  tin  or  -beet-iron  shelf  raised  -ix  niche- 
n   -mall   iron   legs,  -o  that   coal-  were  placed 
ielow  while  the  reflector  heated  above.      I  he  ad- 
tl  -   relkvtor   was   considered   a   great   advance   in    the 
.rot  roi  king  and  baking  and  was  n-ed  in  the  majority 
•    •••'  -loves   were   introduced   m   the   vicinity 

'.- "  iju   \vit h   -i 'innniL;   wlu-el-    lor 
.    Iran- 


History  of  Jerome  Township  13 

mother  and  daughters.  The  loose  wamus  for  men  and  boys 
was  usually  worn,  and  flannel  dresses  dyed  by  the  same  mother, 
using  oak  and  walnut  bark,  and  in  these  homespun  dresses  the 
girls  were  content,  happy  and  pretty. 

The  furniture  was  both  scanty  and  plain.  Solid  wood 
chairs  or  benches  with  a  split-bottom  rocker  for  mother,  a 
plain  table  used  for  all  purposes,  and  a  "dough  chest"  for  meal, 
flour  and  cooking  utensils.  Then  beds  with  thick  and  wide 
feather  ticks  of  sufficient  height  to  require  a  step  ladder,  with 
a  "trundle  bed"  under  for  the  children,  a  bookcase,  clock  with 
wooden  wheels,  was  about  the  usual  outfit  of  the  average  fam- 
ily. Xo,  do  not  forget  the  trusty  rifle,  bullet  pouch  and  powder 
horn  which  always  hung  over  the  door. 

HUNTING  AND  TRAPPING. 

All  kinds  of  small  game  was  plentiful  in  this  vicinity  until 
the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War.  It  was  common  amusement 
to  go  out  in  the  nearby  woods  on  almost  any  farm  and  kill  a 
"mess"  of  squirrels  before  breakfast  or  after  supper  in  the 
summer  season.  When  corn  was  planted  the  squirrels  and 
chipmunks  would  commence  digging  it  up  near  the  side  of  the 
fields  next  to  the  woods  and  it  was  then  the  duty  of  the  boys 
to  "go  the  rounds'"  of  the  fields  two  or  three  times  a  day  ham- 
mering on  the  fences  with  clubs  and  shouting  to  scare  the  game 
away,  and  some  of  the  older  men  of  today  have  devotee'1  many 
an  hour  to  this  duty,  skipping  over  the  clods  in  bare  feet  and 
stubbing  toes  on  stones  or  stumps.  When  roasting  ears  were  in 
season  the  raccoons  were  very  destructive  and  when  the  corn 
ripened  wild  turkevs  visited  the  fields  in  great  droves  to  get 
their  share  of  the  fanners'  corn  before  it  was  husked.  Every 
farmer  had  at  least  one  deer  or  squirrel  rifle,  and  hunting  was 
not  only  great  sport  but  was  profitable  as  well.  At  least  two 
hunting  dogs  were  kept  by  each  family  and  usually  one 
was  a  "coon  dog"  or  hound,  and  they  were  always  anx- 
ious for  the  chase.  In  the  late  autumn  months  was  the  busy 
time  for  coon  hunting  with  dogs  as  soon  as  the  fur  was  good. 
Early  in  the  evening  the  bovs  would  start  out  with  their  torches 


1  i 

(if  hickor\   hark,  T<-  \\  Inning.  skipping  and  playing,  happy  in 

antici]  :•.'•."••  of  the  n;ghi'>  sport.     A  hound  was  not  considered 

the   be-t    coon    dog.   as    he   harked    on    lhe   track,   warninq    the 

game,  and  it  would  have  lime  to  find  a  large  tree.  htH  a  cur  dog 

would    follow    the   trail    so   quietly    that    he    would   he   on    the 

j^aine,    unawares,    therehv    compelling    ii    to    >eek    and    climb 

the  fiist  tree.      I  loth  guns  and  axes  were  carried  and  when  the 

coon  was  "treed"  if  he  could  not   lind  a  hole  in  which  In  hide 

I  was  moonlight  he  could  often  he  shot,  otherwise  the  tree 

inn  ;  he  felled..     The  coon  is  prettv  shrewd,  and  if  not  pushed 

ard  usuallv  found  a  large  tree.     Jf  the  tree  was  large  a:".d 

tlie  Bailie  could  not  he  seen  to  get  a  shot,  coats  \vere  dotted  in 

a  jitlv  ai  d  the  chips  were  soon  living,  th.e  hunters  taking  turns 

;  •  ing.      A  o  tree  was   too  large  to  tackle  and   son:el:mes 

.    :.    re  the  largeM   v.lnte  oaks,  which  at  this  tune,  if  sawed 

into    :::  --hing   lumher,   \vould,   he   valued   at    a    hundred    dollar^ 

or   more.      The   hunter>    seldom    requested    permission    of    the 

land  owner  to  era  a  tree,  tor  it  :t  was  a  good  rail  tree  he  would 

:  '  '    it   into  rails,  if  no  he  did  not  care  for  it.     When  the  tree 

l\   '  •   fall  the  boy>,  with  cluhs,  and  the  dogs  anx- 

:    ".      :    r   ll  would    form   a   circle   in   th.e   woods   out   of 

•     in    the    direction    the    tree    was    to    fall,    ready    for    the 

would  n>uall\    mm])  a>  the  tree  commenced 

.;.  and   when   he  was   -pied  a  LM'and   rtt>h  would  he  made 

_:-    would  MMin  have  him.     .\  coon  i>  a  hard  lighter 

I   bv   a   i!o^r  he  turns   on   Ins   hark   and   lights 

claws.      A    dog   not    accustomed   to   such 

;  out   in  the  lii'st   round,  hut  the  old  hunting 

•  »g  L,'et--   linn    hy   lhe  throat    and   never   releases   his  hold   until 
\s  roonskins  were  only   \\nnh    from   fifty 

1  '    -'  live    cents    each,    hunting    was    not    verv    profitable 

was  divided  he!  ween  three  or  four  boys, 

itement  compeiisaied  fullv  ftjr  the  financial 

'rtage.      In  the  northwest   part  of  the  to\vn>hip  there  was  a 

':    the    "(  iallowav    Woods,''    owned    bv    non- 

'    .  in  inhabited   and   unculti\  ated  before  the  Ci\'il  \\'ar. 

-  full  of  wild  game,  deer,  wild  turkevs,  raccoons, 


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foxes,  minks  and  squirrels.  At  times  hunters  from  a  distance 
would  come  with  a  pack  of  hounds  and  start  the  deer,  while 
the  hunters  would  follow  on  horseback.  Many  times  some  of 
us  who  survive  can  recall  the  baying  of  hounds,  and  if  coming 
in  our  direction  how  we  watched  for  the  deer  as  they  bounded 
through  the  woods  with  the  pack  close  in  pursuit,  taking  up  the 
cry  of  the  leader  of  the  pack  as  they  followed  in  a  straight  ro\v 
eagerly  chasing  the  timid  frightened  animals.  It  was  very 
exciting;  and  then  came  the  hunters,  guns  over  their  shoulders, 
and  horses  on  the  gallop.  Such  a  scene  with  the  sweet  music 
of  the  hounds  impressed  a  boy  so  intensely  that  it  is  just  as 
vivid  as  of  yesterday,  although  three  score  years  have  passed. 
Wild  turkeys  were  still  to  be  found  in  droves  of  twenty-five 
or  upwards,  fifty  years  ago.  Hunters  would  follow  them 
carefully  during  the  daytime,  getting  a  shot  now  and  then. 
About  sundown  the  turkeys  would  begin  to  go  to  roost  by 
flying  into  the  branches  of  tall  trees.  The  good  hunter  who 
understood  the  game  would  then,  after  marking  carefully  the 
location,  leave  the  flock.  If  it  was  moonlight  he  would  return 
at  midnight  or  later  when  the  moon  was  high,  and  bring  down 
a  few  turkeys  by  shots  from  his  trusty  rifle,  by  getting  the 
range  so  that  the  turkeys  would  be  seen  against  the  moon. 
Rifles  were  all  muzzle  loaders  and  the  ramrod  would  extend 
to  the  end  of  the  gun  barrel.  To  the  end  of  the  ramrod  the 
hunter  would  attach  a  glove  or  mitten  so  that  it  hung  down 
three  or  four  inches  below  the  gun  barrel  when  the  gun  was 
sighted,  then  the  aim  must  be  so  the  mitten  or  glove  would  drop 
just  below  the  form  of  the  turkey  looking  toward  the  moon, 
and  lire.  John  Curry,  who  was  the  most  noted  and  successful 
hunter  in  the  vicinity,  seldom  missed  a  shot.  As  I  go  back  in 
memory  I  can  see  him  now  mounted  on  his  chestnut  sorrel 
hunting  horse,  ''Alex,"  as  he  dashed  through  my  father's 
sugar  camp  in  front  of  our  home  at  full  speed,  leaning  forward 
with  rifle  over  his  shoulder,  on  his  way  to  the  Galloway  Woods 
on  many  a  winter  afternoon.  About  dusk  he  would  return 
slowly  with  one  or  two  large  wild  turkeys  hanging  from  the 
pommell  of  his  saddle.  He  had  a  great  coon  dog,  "Old  Ben," 


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who  was  sure  of  his  game  and  never  failed  treeing  a  few  rac- 
coon.- and  opossums  every  night  he  had  the  opportunity  to 
"take  the  trail."  Hen  was  the  envv  of  everv  hunter  and  hunt- 
ing dog  in  the  neighborhood.  Among  the  other  noted  hunters 
inav  l>e  named  Sardius  Ward,  1  )avid  Mel  line,  the  Jlensils. 
and.  in  fact,  the  hovs  in  almost  every  familv.  Jn  the  days  he- 
tore  the  Civil  \\  ar  the  hunting  and  shooting  was  all  with  rifles. 
A  man  or  hoy  with  a  shotgun  was  ridiculed,  as  a  bov  fifteen 
or  sixteen  years  of  age  was  a  good  shot  and  could  bring  down 
a  squirrel  from  the  tallest  oak  tree  with  a  rifle.  There  was  a 
great  deal  of  trapping  of  raccoon,  minks,  and  other  small 
game.  Ouails  were  caught  in  traps,  a  whole  covev  at  once,  and 
wild  turkey  were  caught  by  building  rail  pens  and  tapering 
the  pen  oil  at  the  top.  onlv  leaving  a  small  opening  through 
which  the  turkev  would  fly  down  to  the  corn  scattered  inside 
the  pen.  Once  inside  the  pen  it  was  not  possible  to  fly  straight 
up  to  the  escape  and  they  were  then  easily  caught  by  the  trap- 
per. As  there  were  no  game  laws  in  those  davs  game  of  all 
kind-  was  shot  any  time  in  the  year.  \Ylu-n  the  township  was 
first  settled  bear  and  wolves  were  plentiful  and  wolves'  scalps 
brought  s !  each  after  the  county  was  organized.  (  olonel 
lame-  Currv  was  a  niemlur  of  ilu:  legislature,  representing  the 
counties  of  Madison  and  I  )elaware  in  i>'.'o.  when  the  bill 
was  passed  for  the  erection  of  I'nion  Count}',  so  called,  as  it 
was  from  terntorv  of  l;ranklin.  Madison  and  Delaware,  there- 
fore a  union  of  counties,  lion.  lob  Reiinick,  a  promineni 
/en  o!  (  hilhcolhe,  represented  i\o--  (  ountv.  and  alter  the  bill 
was  passed  he  remarked  to  Colonel  *  urrv  facetiously  that  "he 
now  had  a  county  and  all  it  was  tit  tor  was  woli  traps.'  I  ould 
these  irrand  old  men  who  first  -ettled  the  countv  ami.  h\  the 


History  of  Jerome  Township  17 

the  neighborhood  by  dogs  and  finally  came  to  bay.  A  number 
of  dogs  were  gathered  up  among  the  settlers  and  a  great  fight 
was  soon  in  progress.  Among  the  dogs  were  two  or  three 
bear  dogs  and  they  knew  how  to  tackle  the  game  by  running 
in  behind  the  bear  and  snapping  at  the  heels  and  would  then 
be  out  of  reach  before  the  bear  could  turn,  keeping  up  this 
method  of  attack  until  the  bear  was  completely  tired  out,  and 
then  the  dogs  could  close  in  on  him.  In  this  pack  of  dogs  two 
or  three  were  not  accustomed  to  bear-fighting  and  would  rush 
in  front  of  the  animal  and  one  stroke  of  his  great  paw  would 
put  them  out  of  the  fight.  In  this  scrimmage  one  or  two  dogs 
were  killed. 

Mr.  James  Buck,  who  was  working  in  a  corn  field  near,  had 
his  hoe  in  hand  during  the  battle.  He  became  very  much  in- 
censed at.  the  rough  usage  of  the  dogs  by  the  bear  and  signified 
his  intention  of  attacking  the  bear  in  front  with  his  hoe,  but 
was  warned  by  James  Curry,  who  was  an  old  bear  hunter,  that 
he  had  better  keep  off  at  a  good  distance,  as  the  bear,  although 
wounded,  had  good  use  of  his  forepaws  and  one  stroke  would 
be  sufficient  to  put  him  out  of  the  fight  for  good.  After  the 
dogs  had  fought  for  some  time,  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
onlookers  as  well,  the  animal  was  dispatched  by  a  rifle  shot. 
While  the  exact  date  is  not  known,  it  was  soon  after  the  war 
of  1812,  and  some  of  us  have  been  shown  the  spot  on  a  little 
hillside  on  the  east  bank  of  Sugar  Run. 

Fox  hunting  was  great  sport  and  very  exciting  when  the 
hunters  were  mounted.  On  the  day  set  the  hunters  would  as- 
semble at  a  time  and  place  agreed  upon  with  all  hounds  and 
hunting  dogs  that  could  be  brought  together  in  the  neighbor- 
hood. Some  of  the  old  hunters  would  take  the  advance  with 
the  best  dog  and  beat  the  brush  in  some  locality  where  the 
game  was  likely  to  be  sprung.  If  there  was  snow  on  the 
ground  and  it  was  soft  and  melting  a  track  was  soon  struck 
and  would  often  be  followed  by  sight  some  distance  until  the 
scent  would  become  warm  before  the  dogs  were  allowed  to  take 
the  trail.  When  they  did  start  and  were  baying  on  the  track 
it  was  sweet  music  to  the  hunters'  ears  and  they  were  all  off 


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on  the  gallop,  following  the  hounds  through  brush,  over  logs, 
streams  and  fences,  in  a  wild  race  which  frequently  continued 
for  hours.  In  some  instances  the  fox  would  double  on  the 
track,  dodge  the  pack,  and  run  through  the  fields  or  pastures 
where  there  were  sheep  or  cattle  and  by  the  time  the  trail  was 
again  found  the  game  would  be  a  mile  or  two  away,  heading 
for  the  Scioto  River  or  Darby  Creek,  and  often  reaching  a 
place  of  safety  in  a  hole  among  the  rocks.  Jt  was  great  sport 
and  dangerous  as  well,  leaping  fences  or  ditches,  but  a  few 
bruises  were  just  a  part  of  the  game  and  were  not  taken  into 
consideration  by  the  hunter  if  he  could  onlv,  bv  a  wild  and 
reckless  ride,  be  in  at  the  death.  Some  of  the  men  who  yet 
survive  and  have  reached  the  milestone  of  three  score  and  ten. 
can  feel  the  flush  of  youth  yet  come  to  their  cheeks  as  they 
go  back  in  memory  to  the  days  when  they  followed  the  hounds 
more  than  half  a  century  ago. 

In  addition  to  the  fox  hunt,  there  was  some  horse  racing 
without  the  hounds.  There  were  no  trotting  races  .as  that  kind 
of  sport  was  too  tame  for  the  boys  of  those  days.  The  racing 
was  just  for  sport  and  there  was  little  betting.  There  was  one 
track"  at  Plain  Citv.  but  on  the  Jerome  Township  side  of  the 
line  running  north,  just  west  of  where  the  flouring  mill  now 
stands.  Another  track  was  down  on  the  bottom  land  near  the 
creek,  and  just  opposite  and  below  the  farm-  of  I'ncle  Xack 
Xoteman  and  I'ncle  Levi  Taylor. 

'  )n  the  Fourth  of  Julv  or  Saturdav  afternoons  during  the 
summer  and  fall  months,  the  clans  gathered  for  the  sport  and 
some  >\vift  runners  were  usuallv  on  the  ground  with  their 
backers.  The  di.Mance  was  usu.illv  a  quarter  or  half-mile 
clash.  Tin-  iotkuving  for  advantage  in  the  "go"  was  often 
long  and  >harplv  contested  and  at  times  resulted  in  a  clash  at 
the  tm Mi  between  the  backers  of  the  rival  horses. 

(  m  the  Cost  Road  toward  Dublin,  near  the  Tavern  of  I'ncle 

Steve  l.attimer.  was  another  favorite  race  track.     Jlere  would 

r  the  hor-rmen   from   Dublin,   Plea-ant   Yallev,  and  \Ve.-t 

letter-on,    frequently    for    an    afternoon    outing.      The    races 

would   be   la-t   and   furiou-   until   toward   evening,  and  usuallv 


History  of  Jerome  Towns/rip  19 

the  day's  amusement  wound  up  with  an  exhibition  not  on  the 
program,  participated  in  by  such  actors  as  lien  Davis,  of  Dub- 
lin, Abe  Garabrant  and  Tom  Gregg,  of  Jefferson,  and  some- 
times the  Lattimers  and  Kilburys  would  take  a  hand  just  as 
peacemakers.  When  the  racing  was  subsiding  and  the  argu- 
ments commenced,  we  boys  would  climb  to  the  top  of  the 
stake  and  rider  fence  to  see  the  fun,  as  we  could  get  a  better 
view  of  the  performance,  and  for  another  reason  it  was  safer. 

In  those  days  the  actors  were  not  governed  strictly  by 
Queensbury  rules  ;  neither  did  they  wear  three-ounce  gloves, 
and  the  rounds  were  not  limited  in  number,  although  there  was 
usually  but  one.  That  was  in  ante-bellum  days,  and  after  the 
Civil  \Var  Thompson  Kilbury  fitted  up  a  fine  circle  half-mile 
track  on  his  farm,  where  the  horsemen  had  some  very  interest- 
ing meets. 

There  were  some  fine  bred  running  horses  in  the  commu- 
nity, among  which  the  Printer  and  Lexington  stock  were  the 
favorites.  Running  races  was  the  great  sport  of  that  period  and 
it  was  very  fascinating.  Compared  with  the  baseball  and  foot- 
ball of  the  present  day,  there  are  nine  points  out  of  ten  in  favor 
of  the  race  horse. 

A  boy  must  indulge  in  some  kind  of  exciting  exercise,  and 
breaking  colts  or  riding  wild  horses  was  the  favorite  sport  of 
the  country  boy  fifty  years  ago.  When  a  farmer  boy  arrived 
at  the  age  of  16  or  IT,  he  was  given  a  colt  by  his  father,  and 
was  next  given  a  new  saddle  and  bridle.  He  was  as  proud  of 
his  outfit  as  the  boy  of  today  who  has  a  rubber-tired  buggy  or 
an  automobile. 

There  were  many  races  along  the  soft,  smooth  dirt  roads 
by  these  boys  going  and  returning  from  town  in  the  evenings, 
just  for  the  fun  and  excitement  and  with  no  thought  of  betting. 
Among  them  were  riders  that  would  make  a  cowboy  riding  a 
bucking  broncho  green  with  envy.  The  racing  on  the  Kilbury 
track,  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War,  was  conducted  in  a  very 
quiet  manner.  Xo  rowdying  was  allowed,  and  it  was  interest- 
ing, clean  sport.  At  this  time,  the  Cone  boys,  who  had  some 
fine  horses,  took  an  interest  in  this  sport,  as  did  the  Careys, 


20  I!istt>r\'  of  Jerome  Township 

Taylors.  Millikins.  McCanns.  and  Converses  around  Plain  City, 
all  of  whom  were  great  horse  fanciers,  as  were  their  fathers 
before  them. 

Till-:  (  >LI)   LOG  SCHOOLHOUSE. 

Until  about  the  year  ]S.V^,  when  the  select  school  building 
was  erected  at  Xew  California,  the  schoolhouses  \vere  all 
built  of  logs.  The  schoolhouse  attended  by  the  children  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  village  was  located  in  the  center  of  a  great 
woods,  about  three-quarters  of  a  mile  northwest  from  Xew 
California,  on  the  farm  of  Perry  Buck. 

There  was  no  cleared  ground  and  the  paths  leading  to  the 
schoolhouse  were  marked  by  blazing  the  trees,  and  ran  through 
the  woods  in  many  directions.  The  house  was  built  of  heavy 
logs,  one  room  about  thirty  feet  square,  fitted  with  benches 
without  any  backs,  and  the  desks  consisted  of  long  boards 
about  a  foot  and  a  half  wide,  resting  on  wooden  pins  fastened 
into  the  logs  by  an  inch  and  a  half  auger  hole.  \\  indows  on 
three  sides,  and  the  front  wall,  with  the  one  door  in  the  ear- 
ner, was  taken  up  by  the  blackboard. 

The  house  was  heated  by  a  lung,  heavy  iron  box  stove.  The 
children  from  at  least  twenty  families  attended  this  school, 
and  in  those  days  the  families  were  not  as  small  as  they  are 
today.  I  think  it  is  safe  to  say  that  there  were  sixty  scholars 
in  the  district,  and  it  seems  an  impossibility,,  as  we  go  back 
in  memorv  today,  to  see  how  thev  could  all  be  crowded  into  a 
room  ol  that  size.  Still,  we  did  go  to  school  there  and  learned 
something — in  fact,  the  writer  and  many  others  never  at- 
tended anv  other  district  school. 

Tile  district  was  in  a  radius,  s.'iv  commencing  with  tin- 
farm  of  James  Robinson  on  the  \Vatkiiis  Road,  now  owned  bv 
Mr.  Seigman.  taking  the  McCampbells,  \Voodburn>.  Mitchells, 
( iil!-.  (  'urrys.  ( 'ones.  Beards.  Mucks,  and  Tavlors  on  tin-  Marys- 
ville  Road. 

\\  <•  had  a  lot  of  fun  in  winter,  plavmg  fox  and  hounds  in 
the  snow,  running  miles  through  the  woods,  choosing  and  hav- 
ing  our  snowball  battles.  Base.  Black  Man.  Corner  Ball,  Town 


History  of  Jerome  Township  21 

Ball,  Anti-over,  and  two-ol'-cat  and  three-ol'-cat  were  the 
favorite  games.  The  professional  baseball  of  today  was  fash- 
ioned from  the  old  town  ball,  played  in  the  early  days.  The 
ball  was  made  by  unraveling  old  woolen  stockings,  winding 
the  thread  around  a  burnt  cork,  wetting  it  so  that  it  would 
shrink  and  harden,  and  then  covering  it  with  sheepskin.  There 
was  a  pitcher,  a  batter  and  a  catcher.  The  other  participants  did 
some  desultory  outfield  work  and  took  their  "turns"  at  places 
on  the  infield,  Good  pitching,  batting,  catching  and  running 
were  all  developed  in  town-ball  playing,  and  there  was  plenty 
of  material  to  draw  from  when  professional  baseball  was  first 
organized. 

Of  other  games  and  sports,  there  \vas  running  and  jump- 
ing, wrestling,  boxing,  and  now  and  then  a  real  fight  with 
knuckles,  for  there  were  clans  and  gangs  in  those  days.  In 
the  summer  time  the  boys  would  build  play  houses  out  of  poles 
and  cover  them  with  green  leaves  and  twigs  for  the  girls, 
where  they  had  their  stores  of  May-apple  blossoms  or  berries 
to  exchange  for  Genseng  or  Snake-root,  as  that  was  the  usual 
commodity  in  trade. 

There  were  spelling  schools  frequently  when  the  good 
spellers  from  surrounding  districts  would  come  in  for  a  contest, 
and  the  excitement  would  be  up  to  fever  heat  as  one  by  one  the 
scholars  went  down  on  a  hard  word.  The  next  week  our  best 
spellers  would  visit  other  schools,  and  so  it  \vould  continue 
through  the  winter  months. 

Among  the  early  teachers  of  that  school  were  Caroline 
Buck,  Olive  Gill,  Maria  Buck,  Rev.  I.  N.  Latighead,  Jane 
Porter,  Polly  Snodgrass,  Emma  Dodge,  Eliza  Gill,  Sophia 
Dodge,  Xan  McCampbell,  Lorinda  \Yilkins,  Dr.  D.  \Y.  Hen- 
derson, Elijah  Brown,  Charles  Green,  George  Thompson, 
Milton  Roncy,  and  perhaps  others  whose  names  I  do  not  now 
recall. 

On  Friday  afternoons  thete  were  declamations  by  the  boys 
and  compositions  by  the  girls.  Parents  would  come  in  and 
we  had  a  great  time  doing  examples  on  the  blackboard,  parsing 
grammar  lessons,  and  spelling. 


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The  teachers  did  not  spare  the  rod.  but  used  it  on  all  occa- 
sions. if  in  his  or  her  opinion  it  was  necessary.  It  did  a  boy  a 
lot  of  good  to  have  the  teacher  send  him  out  to  get  a  switch 
to  whip  a  hoy  he  did  not  like  very  well.  I  have  a  very  distinct 
recollection  of  a  boy  getting  a  good  whipping  for  inducing  a  lit- 
tle fellow  to  eat  a  piece  of  Indian  Turnip,  with  the  result  that 
it  burned  his  mouth  seriously.  But  the  greatest  disgrace  of 
all  was  to  be  "kept  in"  at  recess  or  after  school  for  some  infrac- 
tion of  the  rules. 

In  writing  lessons,  we  used  quill  'pens,  and  it  was  a  part  of 
the  duty  of  the  teacher  to  make  and  repair  all  pens.  In  the 
old  First  Reader  in  use  those  days,  there  was  a  picture  of  a  cow 
in  a  pond.  In  one  of  our  Friday  afternoon  exercises  I  remem- 
ber of  a  boy  getting  up  and  reciting  a  verse  about  the  cow 
which  was  as  follows: 

"  The  cow  is  in  the  pond. 
The  cow  gives  us  milk. 
\Ve  must  not  hurt  the  cow." 

That  was  all  he  said,  and  sat  down  well  satisfied  with  his 
effort.  The  boys  used  to  tease  him  about  it  until  he  was  a 
young  man.  lie  was  a  hue  young  man,  and  has  passed  to  his 
reward. 

For  a  number  of  years  the  township  elections  were  held 
in  thi-  old  log  -choolhousc.  At  these  election-,  many  of  the 
voters  would  .-pend  the  entire  day  at  the  voting  place,  and  the 
discussions  on  political  questions  between  the  \\'higs  and  Dem- 
ocrats were  often  very  warm  and  loud.  A  club  of  tin.'  "Know- 
Xothmg  1'artv."  as  it  was  called,  was  organized  here,  a  poli- 
tical party  opposed  to  foreigners  voting  as  soon  as  thev  set  foot 


It  was  only  in  existence  a  few  year--  when  members  of  that 
panv  ."nd  \Vhig  partv  organized  the  Republican  party.  The 
"Know-Xothing  Party"  was  a  secret  organization  and  an 
aim:-  ing  story  i-  told  about  the  organization  in  the  old  Log 
Schoolhouse. 

The  meeting--  were  held  there  as  it  was  (nit  in  the  woods. 
and  thought  to  be  a  safe  place.     One  night   some  of  the  boys 


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of  the  neighborhood  were  going  home  from  the  village  by  the 
path  that  passed  the  schoolhouse,  and  spied  a  man  lurking 
in  the  shadows  near  the  door,  and  heard  some  discussions  in- 
side the  room.  Approaching  the  outer  guard,  which  he  proved 
to  be,  and  a  young  voter,  they  were  informed  that  the  parties 
on  the  inside  were  making  "Sugar  Wax,"  and  could  not  be 
disturbed,  as  it  was  a  select  party.  In  a  few  days  it  leaked 
out  that  it  was  a  meeting  of  the  "Know-Nothing  Party,"  and 
the  people  of  the  village  were  all  agog  with  curiosity.  The 
young  man  on  guard  proved  to  be  David  O.  Taylor,  who  was 
afterwards  killed  in  battle  during  the  Civil  War. 

The  merchant  of  the  village  of  California  at  that  time,  was  a 
man  by  the  name  of  John  Robinson,  and  he  had  quite  a  reputa- 
tion for  composing  doggerel  rhymes  hitting  on  local  events. 
When  he  heard  of  this  incident,  he  composed  a  rhyme,  one 
verse  of  which  is  recalled: 

'  The  boys  went  out  the  Know-Xothings  to  find. 
The  old  log  schoolhouse  they  crawled  up  behind. 
As  Stephen  stood  there  looking  in  through  the  cracks. 
The  Know-Xothings  run  with  their  syrup  and  wax.'' 
The  Stephen  referred  to  in  that  classic  poem  was  Stephen 
Cone,  who  was  one  of  the  party  of  boys. 

BARRIXG  THE  TEACHER  OUT. 

In  those  days,  it  was  the  custom  in  many  of  the  schools  to 
"bar  the  teachers  out"  on  Xew  Year's  morning,  and  keep  than 
out  until  they  capitulated  by  agreeing  to  treat  all  of  the 
scholars,  usually  with  candy  and  raisins,  as  apples  and  nuts 
were  plentiful  and  were  no  rarity  for  the  scholars.  Xew 
Year's  morning  some  of  the  older  boys  would  be  at  the  school- 
house  by  daybreak,  and  one  of  the  favorite  ways  of  barring 
the  door,  as  there  were  no  locks,  was  to  cut  down  a  sapling 
from  the  woods  near  by,  about  six  inches  in  diameter,  put  the 
pole  in  through  a  rear  window,  then  cut  it  oil"  so  it  would  reach 
from  the  floor  at  the  rear  wall,  to  the  top  of  the  door  and  there 
brace  it  solid.  Xail  down  all  the  windows  but  one,  which  was 
left  so  the  scholars  could  be  lifted  in  as  thev  arrived.  A  fire 


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was  started  in  the  stove  and  a  sufficient  amount  of  wood  car- 
ried in  to  last  through  the  siege,  which  would  sometimes  con- 
tinue for  half  a  day.  The  scholars  would  arrive  early,  and  by 
the  time  the  teacher  arrived  all  would  he  ready  for  the  parley, 
which  was  generally  conducted  by  the  "big  boys."  Some  of 
the  teachers  would  take  it  good  naturedly,  accept  the  terms  dic- 
tated, and  surrender  at  once.  In  that  case,  the  door  would 
be  opened  and  a  couple  of  boys  would  be  dispatched  to  the 
village  for  the  treat. 

(  )ther  teachers  would  become  indignant  and  at  first  refuse 
a  conference,  and  even  attempt  to  smoke  the  scholars  out  by 
climbing  up  on  the  roof  and  covering  the  chimney  with  a  board. 
In  one  instance  recalled,  sulphur  was  dropped  down  the  chim- 
ney, but  the  scholars  were  prepared  for  such  an  emergency  by 
having  a  bucket  of  water  and  the  lire  in  the  stove  was  soon 
put  out.  Ultimately  the  teachers  came  to  terms,  and  all  went 
merrv  and  frequently  a  half  holiday  was  proclaimed.  It  was 
a  lot  of  fun  and  usually  ended  in  a  convivial  time  for  all. 

Sleigh  riding  and  skating  were  the  great  winter  sports.  In 
those  days  before  the  streams  were  ditched,  and  the  trees  and 
bushes  were  growing  along  the  banks,  when  the  January  fresh- 
ets came  the  water  would  not  rush  in  such  a  torrent.  15 v  rea- 
son of  the  l'>gs,  drifts  and  fences,  the  water  would  spread  out 
over  the  low  pasture  grounds  and  meadows,  and  when  it  would 
free/.e  there  would  be  acres  of  ice. 

In   the  evenings  the  boys  would  congregate  by  the  dozen 
build    great    iires    along    the    bank's,    play    shinnev    and    other 
games,  often  until  midnight. 

'1  he  thick  woods  along  the  narrow  road-  would  protect 
the  MI.OW  and  it  was  not  unusual  to  have  I've  or  six  weeks  of 

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and  stone  mortar,  the  same  as  those  in  use  by  the  Indians.  In 
this  manner  they  would  mash  the  corn  and  make  coarse  meal 
and  hominy.  At  intervals  they  would  place  a  wooden  pack- 
saddle  on  the  back  of  a  strong  horse  and  load  it  up  with 
sacks  of  shelled  corn.  The  pioneer  would  mount  his  hunting 
horse  and  start  on  a  long  and  tedious  journey  to  Lancaster 
or  Chillicothe,  followed  by  the  packhorse.  This  trip  would 
consume  several  days  and  his  return  was  anxiously  awaited  by 
the  family  and  neighbors,  as  he  would  not  only  bring  the  prec- 
ious meal,  but  the  capacious  leather  saddle  bags  would  be  filled 
to  full  capacity  with  newspapers  and  other  reading  matter, 
which  would  be  liberally  distributed  among  the  settlers. 

The  site  of  the  old  mill  erected  by  Frederick  Sager  is  just 
above  the  bridge  on  the  California  and  Plain  City  Road,  on 
the  east  bank  near  the  farm  of  Samuel  H.  Ruehlen.  The  dam 
was  built  of  logs  and  brush  and  this  work  was  very  largely 
done  through  the  volunteer  assistance  of  the  settlers.  The 
building  was  erected  in  the  same  manner,  as  they  were  all 
intensely  interested  in  this  new7  enterprise. 

The  first  burrs  for  this  mill  were  chiseled  out  of  a  boulder 
that  Mr.  Sager  found  on  the  farm  of  John  Taylor.  After 
weeks  of  tedious  work  the  boulder  was  split  open  and  the 
stone  dressed  ready  for  use.  As  soon  as  the  mill  was  in  run- 
ning order,  there  was  a  great  rush  by  the  pioneers  and  also 
by  the  Indians,  and  they  came  both  on  foot  and  horseback 
from  many  miles  around  with  their  sacks  of  corn. 

For  a  few  years  he  only  ground  corn,  but  there  was  soon  a 
demand  for  flour,  as  the  farmers  began  to  raise  wheat,  and 
he  installed  a  flouring  bolt.  For  many  years  the  bolting  was 
done  by  hand.  During  the  dry  season  the  mill  could  run  but 
little,  as  there  was  not  sufficient  water,  but  when  the  creek 
was  not  frozen  in  the  winter  and  spring  months,  it  was  a 
very  busy  place,  as  farmers  came  with  their  grain  from  great 
distances,  and  when  the  water  power  was  sufficient  the  mill 
ran  day  and  night. 

Mr.  Sager  also  erected  the  first  sawmill  in  the  township, 
attached  to  his  grist  mill  and  run  by  the  same  water,  thus  fur- 


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nishing  the  first  l)oarcls  and  sawed  lumber  used  in  the  cabin:-. 
Before  that  date  the  floors  and  doors  were  made  of  puncheons 
split  out  of  timber  and  smoothed  bv  a  drawing  knife  and  adz. 
Mr.  F.  Hemimvay  finally  purchased  this  mill  and  it  bore  the 
name  of  the  "Hemimvay  Mill"  for  many  years  and  until  it  was 
finally  abandoned  for  want  of  water  power. 

The  Kahler  boys  erected  a  sawmill  along  in  the  fifties  on 
Robinsons  Run.  just  above  the  bridge  on  the  Plain  City  and 
California  Road,  which  was  run  by  water  power  and  was  the 
last  mill  in  the  township  run  by  water.  They  also  erected  a 
grist  mill  near  the  same  site  run  by  steam  power,  which  they 
operated  successfully  for  a  number  of  years. 

The  above  described  are  the  only  grist  mills  that  were  ever 
erected  in  the  township,  although  some  of  the  sawmills  have 
had  burrs  attached  for  grinding  corn. 

Many  times  a  boy  sent  to  the  mill  horseback  on  a  sack  of 
corn  would  have  to  wait  all  day  for  his  grist.  If  the  fishing 
was  good  he  did  not  object,  as  he  always  took  his  hook  and 
line  along.  The  miller  did  not  exchange  meal  and  Hour  for 
corn  and  wheat,  as  was  the  custom  in  later  years,  but  took  toll 
out  df  the  grain — he  did  m>t  have  facilities  for  weighing  the 
grain  and  generallv  took  the  farmer's  word  for  the  amount, 
that  the  proper  toll  could  be  taken  out  for  grinding. 

An  anecdote  is  related  of  one  shrewd  farmer  who  usuallv 
tried  to  get  the  best  part  of  a  bargain  with  his  neighbors. 
Like  the  Irishman,  he  thought  it  was  better  to  "Chate  than  to 
be  chated."  The  story  is  told  that  he  went  to  the  mill  one  time 
with  his  grain  and  informed  the  miller  that  he  had  two  bushels 
and  a  half  in  his  sack.  After  the  toll  was  taken  out.  he  winked 
at  one  of  his  neighbors  and  said  that  he  had  "two  bushels  and 
a  half  and.  a  perk  and  a  toll  di>h  full."  The  miller  having 
taken  (Hit  a  toll  di-h.  the  slv  old  fanner  got  one  peck  ground 
free. 

A  doggerel  poem  written  by  a  wag  was  set  to  music  and  sung 
with  much  glee  bv  the  old  pioneers  at  some  of  their  convivial 
tiatherinirs. 


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THE  OLD  MILLER'S  WILL. 

"There  was  an  old  man  lived  all  alone, 
He  had  three  sons,  big  men  grown, 
And  he  was  about  to  make  his  will 
All  he  had  was  a  wet  weather  mill. 

Chorus : 

To  my  hi  fal  lal,  diadle  I  da 

He  called  unto  his  youngest  son, 

Say  son,  O!  son,  my  life  is  run, 
And  if  I  to  you  the  mill  do  make, 

Pray  what  is  the  toll  you  intend  to  take? 

First  Son — 

Dad,  O  !  Dad,  my  name  is  Breck 

And  out  of  a  bushel  I'll  take  a  peck; 
And  if  a  fortune  I  can  make, 
That  is  the  toll  I  intend  to  take. 

You  ain't  the  boy,  the  old  man  said, 

You  ain't  the  boy  that's  learned  my  trade 

And  unto  you  the  mill  I  won't  give, 
For  by  such  toll,  no  man  can  live. 

Second  Son — 

Dad,  ( ) !  Dad,  my  name  is  Ralph. 

And  out  of  a  bushel  I'll  take  half; 
If  a  fortune  I  can  make 

Thai  is  the  toll  that  I  will  take. 

Third  Son — 

Father,   Father,  my  name  is   Paul, 

And  out  of  a  bushel,  I'll  take  all; 
If  a  fortune  I  do  lack. 

Will  keep  the  toll  and  swear  to  the  sack. 


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You  are  the  boy.  the  old  miller  said, 
You  are  the  boy  that's  learned  my  trade, 
L'nto  you  the  mill  I  give. 
For  by  such  toll  a  miller  can  live. 

The  old  lady  throwed  up  her  hands  and  cried. 
The  old  miller  rolled  up  his  eyes  and  died  ; 
He  died,  and  died  without  a  will 
And  the  old  lady  got  the  mill 

To  my  hi  fal  lal,  diadle  I  da." 

POTTERIES. 

Isaac  Mason  started  the  first  pottery  in  Jerome  Township. 
lli>  little  plant  was  located  on  the  old  Sager  farm,  on  the  east 
bank  of  Darby  Creek,  afterward  known  as  the  T.  T.  Kilbury 
farm,  which  he  operated  for  a  number  of  years. 

TANNERIES. 

In  the  early  days  the  tanning  business  was  quite  extensively 
carried  on  in  the  township.  \Yilliam  McCune  operated  a  tan 
yard  for  many  years,  just  over  the  line  in  the  township,  near 
Plain  City.  In  those  days,  in  the  spring  when  the  sap  was 
coming  up,  many  large  white  oak  trees  were  cut  down  and 
the  bark  peeled  for  tanning  purposes,  and  it  was  always  a  ready 
sale  on  the  market.  Unless  the  trees  were  needed  for  rail 
timber,  they  were  frequently  allowed  to  rot. 

The  tan  yard  of  Asa  Converse,  located  on  his  farm  just 
west  of  the  David  Moss  farm  on  the  California  and  Union- 
ville  Road,  was  perhaps  the  most  extensive  tannery  of  those 
days.  In  addition  to  the  tanning  business,  he  ran  a  boot  and 
>hoe  manufacturing  and  repair  shop,  lie  employed  a  number 
of  shoemakers  during  the  winter  season,  and  did  quite  a  large 
and  profitable  business. 

Mr.  Arthur  Collier  for  a  number  of  years  carried  on  the 
tanning  business  in  Jerome.  The  countrv  tan  yard  was  so 
convenient  for  farmers  in  either  selling  hides  or  having  them 


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tanned  for  their  own  use,  but  is  now  a  business  of  the  past  and 
of  which  the  younger  generation  has  little  knowledge,  as  it  is 
largely  concentrated  in  the  cities. 

ASHERIES. 

Asheries  for  the  manufacture  of  black  salts  and  sometimes 
saleratus,  were  quite  common.  The  proprietors  had  wagons 
running  all  over  the  country  Inlying  up  the  ashes  saved  by  the 
housewives  or  by  the  boys  in  the  springtime  when  burning  logs 
in  the  clearing,  and  it  was  quite  a  source  of  revenue. 

Kibourne  and  Amos  Beach  operated  quite  an  extensive 
ashery  in  the  village  of  Jerome  for  many  years.  Peter  Beaver 
was  also  engaged  in  that  business  at  New  California,  but  these 
industries  are  all  abandoned,  although  in  the  early  days  the 
business  was  quite  profitable. 

COOPERAGE. 

The  manufacture  of  barrels  was  engaged  in  quite  exten- 
sively in  the  township  by  a  number  of  citizens.  The  McCamp- 
bell  brothers,  John,  Joseph..  Andrew  and  Charles,  were  all 
coopers  by  trade,  and  engaged  in  that  business  on  their  farms 
during  the  winter  season.  Robert  B.  Curry,  John  Oliver, 
James  and  William  Woodburn  were  also  engaged  in  that  line. 
They  made  suger  barrels,  flour  barrels  and  pork  barrels,  many 
of  which  were  disposed  of  in  the  neighborhood,  but  the  bulk  of 
them  were  hauled  to  Columbus.  They  had  great  high  racks  on 
heavy  wagons  which  were  used  to  transport  the  barrels  to 
market,  and  merchandise  of  all  kinds  was  brought  back  in  re- 
turn. The  loads  were  immense,  and  while  I  have  no  definite 
knowledge  as  to  the  number  of  flour  barrels  that  could  be 
loaded  in  one  of  those  wagons,  it  seems  to  me  that  fifty  would 
lie  a  safe  guess. 

Tradesmen  of  all  kinds  were  in  the  country,  and  there  was 
scarcely  a  farmer's  family  that  did  not  have  some  member  who 
could  do  mechanical  work,  either  as  shoemaker,  harness  maker 
or  a  wood  worker.  Nelson  Cone  was,  perhaps,  the  best  all- 
round  mechanic  along  Sugar  Run.  He  manufactured  boots 
and  shoes,  harness  and  saddles.  He  was  also  a  wood  worker 


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and  made  sleds,  ox  yokes,  plow  stocks  and  all  kinds  of  farm 
implements. 

Among  the  shoemakers  were  Perry  Buck,  the  Fleck  boys, 
David  Beard,  and  some  of  the  Germans,  a  Mr.  Myers  and 
others.  George  Ruehlen,  who  arrived  in  Jerome  Township 
direct  from  Germany,  along  in  the  fifties,  was  an  expert  work- 
man and  erected  the  hrst  up-to-date  cider  mill  and  press  in  the 
township,  lie  also  operated  a  sawmill  for  a  number  of  years. 

Xearly  every  farmer  had  a  good  set  of  tools  and  made 
and  repaired  all  kinds  of  farm  implements  himself,  instead  of 
running  to  town  and  to  the  shop  of  a  carpenter  or  blacksmith 
everv  time  it  was  necessary  to  have  a  nail  driven  or  a  board 
sawed.  Thev  were  especially  expert  in  the  manufacture  of 
ax  handles  out  of  tough  hickory  timber,  so  much  in  use  those 
days. 

The  fathers  always  took  a  great  deal  of  pains  to  instruct 
their  boys  in  the  use  and  care  of  tools.  There  was  one  kind 
of  work  along  this  line  that  did  not  appeal  to  the  farmer  boy 
particularly,  and  that  was  riling  a  cross-cut  saw.  He  was  we'll 
aware  that  getting  the  old  saw  out.  in  company  with  a  rat-tail 
tile,  meant  hard  work  a-  soon  as  the  .-aw  was  sharpened. 

If  there  was  one  kind  of  labor  harder  than  any  other  on  a 
farm,  it  was  for  a  boy  to  tackle  a  saw  log  about  four  feet  in 
diameter  with  a  cross-cut  saw.  for  the  other  fellow  was  -ure 
to  "lay  down"  on  the  saw.  1  Md  you  ever,  mv  old  fanner  boy 
friend—  now  three  -core  and  ten— ever  know  it  to  be  other- 
wise :  I  think  not. 

SOCIAL  GATHERINGS  AND  SIXGIXG  SCHOOL. 

I'.eiore  the  day-  of  the  Civil  \\  ar.  the  young  people  re-' 
along   i  )arbv   (  reek   and   Sugar   l\un   \\ere  noted    tar  and   near 
for  mu-ical  talent,  boih  vocal  and  instrumental.     Kvery  winter 
-inging    *chools   and   literary   societie-    furni-lied   the   principal 
entertainments   for  all,  old  ami  voting. 

enter!    mim-uts  were  held  in  the  scln  lolhotise-   ii 
•     ighhorhood    and    on    -pecial    occa-ion-,    -uch    as    concerts    or 
in-  at  the  clo-e  of  the  schools,  they  were  ' 


History  of  Jerome  TozvnsJiip  31 

in  the  old  Seceder  Church  at  New  California,  or  one  of  the 
churches  at  Jerome. 

Until  about  the  year  1850,  the  old  square  or  "buckwheat" 
notes  were  used  in  the  music  books.  The  first  singing  book 
that  used  the  round  notes  was  the  Carmina  Sacra,  and  the 
first  teacher  was  a  Mr.  Maynard.  Then  came  a  Mr.  Dixon, 
Pinney  Case  of  Jerome,  Mr.  Moulton  of  Boston,  Win.  M. 
Robinson  of  Marysville,  Sireno  B.  Phipps  of  Columbus,  Sam- 
uel Robinson  of  Darby  Township,  and  Nelson  Cone.  In  later 
years  James  Curry,  now  a  Presbyterian  minister  of  Newark, 
California,  taught  a  fewr  terms. 

After  the  regular  terms  of  the  singing  schools  closed  with 
a  day  concert  in  the  spring,  the  teachers  would  insist  that 
the  young  people  keep  up  the  practice  during  the  spring  and 
summer  months.  These  practices  were  held  in  the  evenings 
and  Dan  Cone,  James  Curry,  and  David  G.  Robinson  were 
usually  the  leaders,  standing  up  in  front,  giving  the  key  with 
a  tuning  fork,  and  beating  time. 

There  was  great  rivalry  between  the  choruses  of  Jerome 
and  Darby  Townships,  and  there  were  many  concerts  and 
musical  contests.  In  the  summer  of  JSGO,  the  singers  of 
Jerome,  Darby  and  Milford  Center  held  an  all-day  concert 
in  the  grove  on  the  farm  of  Michael  Sager  at  Unionville.  A 
number  of  the  music  teachers  were  present  in  the  interest  of 
their  favorites,  and  considerable  feeling  was  displayed  by  the 
different  factions — each  chorus  claiming  the  laurels. 

Of  soprano  and  alto  singers  who  were  prominent  in  musical 
affairs  in  those  days,  and  still  residing  in  the  vicinity,  only  the 
names  of  Amanda  McCampbell  Comstock,  Phebe  Curry  Wil- 
liams, Susannah  Robinson  McKittrick,  Mary  Curry  Gill, 
Nancy  I  Jain  Curry,  and  Jennie  Taylor  Carson  are  recalled,  and 
of  the  young  men  tenor  and  bass,  not  one.  The  Robinsons, 
Gowans,  Cones,  Liggetts,  Dodges,  Woodburns,  McCampbells, 
Laugheads.  Mitchells,  Gills,  Currys,  Flecks.  lieurds  and  Bucks 
are  all  gone,  and  but  few  of  that  generation  survive. 

There  were  few  pianos  and  organs,  but  violins,  flutes,  and 
violin-cellos  were  the  principal  musical  instruments.  Some  of 


the-  young  people  were  ([iiite  talented,  and  of  the  Cone  family 
of  seven  bovs.  all  were  violinists. 

Xo  public  danees  \vere  held,  but  when  the  young  people 
would  meet  in  the  evenings,  even  at  the  house  of  a  striet  Meth- 
odist or  Presbyterian,  they  would  indulge  in  a  little  soeial 
dance — a  cotillion,  swinging  eight,  Virginia  Keel,  or  French 
four,  with  a  jig  dance  by  a  few  of  the  boys  to  the  old  tune  of 
"Money  Musk." 

Then  there  was  the  apple  cuttings,  which  closed  at  !>  o'clock 
sharp,  after  all  the  tubs,  iars  and  crocks  had  been  idled  with 
apples,  pared,  cored  and  quartered,  ready  to  be  strung  on 
cotton  cord  two  or  three  yards  in  length  and  hung  to  the  joists 
above  the  fireplace  to  drv.  There  was  no  canned  fruit,  and 
the  apples  and  peaches  were  dried  around  the  open  tireplacc- 
or  on  kilns.  The  kilns  were  usually  made  in  the  orchard  by 
digging  a  trench  a  foot  dec]),  a  yard  wide,  and  two  or  three 
yards  long.  This  trench  was  arched  over  with  brick,  and  at 
one  end  a  chimney  several  feet  in  height  was  erected.  The 
brick'  over  the  trench  wa-  then  given  a  thick  coat  of  clay  mor- 
tar, smoothed  down  carefully,  and  soon  dried  readv  for  use  bv 
building  a  lire  in  the  kiln,  .\cwspapcrs  or  a  cloth  was  spread 
over  tlie  kiln  to  keep  the  iruit  clean  when  it  was  put  in.  and 
in  this  manner  apples  and  peaches  were  dried  for  winter  use. 

When  the  .apples  were  all  pared  and  cut  at  these  e\  ening 
gatherings,  the  floor-  without  carpets  were  swept  up.  refresh- 
ment- were  .-crved.  and  the  evening  festivities  commenced.  The 
old  plavs  were  "Snap  L  p."  March  to  Quebec,"  and  main' 
oilier-.  Some  of  the  older  persons  will  recall  the  old  SOUL;  as 
the  bovs  and  girls  would  march  around  the  room  bv  couple-. 

"  We're  all  marching  to  Ouebec 

\\  here  the   drum-   are   loudly   beating. 
The  Americans  have  gained  the  dav 

And  the  1'ritish  are  retreating: 
The  War's  all  o'er  and  we'll  turn  back 
To  the  place  where  first  we  started. 
\\  e'll  open  the  ring  and  choose  a  couple  in, 
To  relieve  the  broken-hearted.' 


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When  a  boy  or  girl  was  "out"'  they  were  assessed  a  pawn 
which  was  usually  a  handkerchief  or  a  knife.  To  redeem  it 
the  penalty  was  not  very  severe,  sometimes  heing  a  mock- 
marriage  to  your  sweetheart.  Some  boy  or  girl  would  be  blind- 
folded and  the  prosecutor  would  hold  the  pawn  to  be  redeemed 
over  the  head  of  the  judge,  saying,  "Heavy,  heavy  hangs  over 
your  head.''  The  judge  questioning,  "Fine  or  superfine?" — fine 
if  it  is  a  boy  and  superfine  if  a  girl;  then  the  penalty  was  pro- 
nounced by  the  judge.  When  the  company  was  congenial  both 
boys  and  girls  were  pleased  to  be  assessed  some  penalty  for 
the  pleasure  of  redeeming. 

There  were  wood  choppings  and  the  young  men  of  the  neigh- 
borhood would  gather  at  some  farmer's  home,  especially  when 
the  father  or  some  of  the  boys  were  sick,  but  frequently  just 
for  a  visit,  chop  wood  and  haul  it  to  the  home  in  long  lengths, 
working  all  day,  and  a  sufficient  amount  of  wood  would  be 
chopped  to  last  for  many  weeks.  On  the  same  day,  the  girls 
would  assemble  at  the  house  and  have  a  quilting  party.  In 
the  evening  a  great  supper  would  be  spread  and  all  would  be 
merry  with  songs  and  plays  until  the  uwee  small  hours." 

Corn  huskings  were  also  evenings  of  amusement  and  help- 
fulness among  the  farmers.  There  was  always  some  strife 
among  the  boys  to  see  who  could  find  the  largest  number  of 
red  ears,  as  every  red  ear  found  entitled  him  to  kiss  his  best 
girl.  It  would  even  be  intimated  that  a  girl  would  quietly  pass 
a  red  ear  to  the  right  boy,  or  if  a  boy  had  any  doubts  about 
finding  one,  he  would  place  an  ear  of  the  right  color  in  a  con- 
venient pocket  before  he  started  to  the  "husking  bee." 

The  debating  societies  furnished  entertainment  and  amuse- 
ment for  many  winter  evenings  at  the  schoolhouses.  These 
debates  were  participated  in  by  many  of  the  old  settlers  who 
were  well  versed  in  current  events  and  were  good  historians 
as  well.  In  fact,  it  may  well  be  doubted  if  the  average  citizen 
of  today  is  as  well  versed  in  the  early  history  of  the  Republic 
as  the  pioneers  of  fifty  years  ago,  and  these  debates  were 
usually  quite  interesting. 

The  best  class  of  farmers  usually  took  two  or  three  weeklv 


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newspapers,  one  of  which  was  a  church  paper,  and  it  is  recalled 
that  the  favorite  one  was,  especially  among  the  Presbyterians, 
"The  Watchman  of  the  Valley."  published  in  Cincinnati.  "The 
Dollar  Newspaper,"  published  in  Philadelphia,  was  also  a  fa- 
vorite among  the  farmers,  as  in  addition  to  all  the  current  news, 
a  continued  story  by  one  of  the  good  writers  was  published, 
some  of  which  continued  for  months. 

There  were  no  dailies  outside  of  the  cities,  and  the  arrival 
of  the  weeklies  in  the  Saturday's  mail  was  hailed  with  great 
interest. 

The  writings  of  some  of  the  standard  prose  writers  and 
poets  were  in  every  household,  including  Shakespeare-.  Byron. 
Burns,  Shelley,  Scott,  Young's  Xight  Tohughts,  Josephus 
Rollins,  and  many  standard  histories.  The  Bible  and  hvmn 
book  was  always  on  the  stand  in  the  living  room,  and  they 
were  both  used  every  day. 

CHURCHES. 

"Lower  Liberty  Presbyterian  Church"  was  organized  about 


I' 

vate  houses,  then  in  a  schoolhouse  on  the  lot  where  the  first 
church  building  was  erected.  Among  the  first  members  were 
the  Kwings,  Mitcliells.  Chapmaus.  Taylors,  (iills.  \\"ingets. 
Currys,  Robinsons  and  Bucks. 

Rev.  Samuel  Wood  was  the  iir>t  pastor,  from  IMIS,  \n  ]  s  ] ;, 
I  le  was  succeeded  bv  the  following  named  ministers  :  Rev.  \\"m. 
Dickey,  Archibald,  Steele.  James  lloge.  I).  D..  Llder  Hughes 
and  (  able,  until  1*'.!,  and  Rev.  lames  Robinson  from  that  dale 
until  1S*<JS,  followed  bv  Rev.  Davi-  ( '.  Allen  until  ls:il.  Rev. 
lames  Dolbear  ^erved  from  1>.">1  to  ls:}S  and  Rev.  Win.  ( lal- 
breath  from  1  >•".'.»  to  Is  IS. 

In  'N.'JI  the  denomination  was  divided  into  the  old  school 
and  new  -chool.  Rev.  Benjamin  I).  Lvans,  Rev.  Heiir\'  Shedd. 
Rev.  Kr.hn.  Rev.  I  "hi  '"elder  afterward,  -npplied  the  pulpit  until 
!>.",:;,  when  the  society  was  disorganized  and  church  building 
abandi  UK  d. 

The  tir.-t  church  btnldinLr  of  this  society  was  erected  about 


History  of  Jerome  Township  35 

1815-1816  on  a  plat  of  ground  of  about  four  acres,  donated  by 
Walter  Dun,  one  mile  west  from  Plain  City  on  the  Post  Road, 
in  the  forks  of  the  road  running  through  the  Ricard  farm  from 
the  east  and  just  across  that  road  from  the  southeast  corner 
of  the  old  Ewing  farm  now  owned  by  Harlan  Wood.  It  was 
a  large  frame  building,  not  plastered,  no  chimney,  and  no  way 
of  heating.  Therefore,  it  would  not  be  occupied  in  the  winter 
season.  There  were  two  aisles,  one  running  through  the  center 
lengthwise  of  the  building  and  the  other  from  side  to  side, 
crossing  the  main  aisle. 

As  in  the  old  days  the  men  sat  on  one  side  of  the  church 
and  the  women  on  the  other.  The  seats  were  ordinary  rough 
benches,  supported  by  legs  inserted  through  inch  and  a  half 
auger  holes.  In  the  year  1836  a  large  red  brick  building  was 
erected  on  the  same  site,  in  which  services  were  held  until 
about  1850. 

The  pulpit  was  in  the  front  of  the  church  and  as  a  person 
entered  they  faced  the  congregation.  The  platform  of  the 
pulpit  was  at  least  six  feet  high,  and  only  the  head  and  shoul- 
ders of  the  minister  could  be  seen,  as  the  front  wall  of  the 
pulpit  was  so  high.  The  seats  all  had  high-board  backs  and  a 
door  next  to  the  aisle  had  a  button  to  it  which  was  turned  as 
soon  as  the  children  were  all  counted  in.  In  those  days  fam- 
ilies all  sat  in  the  same  seat  and  the  seat  of  each  family  was 
well  known.  Strangers  and  transients  were  seated  in  the  rear 
part  of  the  church,  unless  invited  to  sit  with  some  family.  Sun- 
day school  in  the  morning  at  9:30,  church  at  11,  two  prayers 
and  sermon  an  hour  in  length,  then  half  hour  "intermission" 
for  dinner,  carried  in  baskets,  and  it  was  a  good  diner,  cold 
biscuits,  cold  pork  or  sausage,  doughnuts,  "pound  cake,"  and 
mother's  juicy  gooseberry  or  currant  pie  an  inch  and  a  half 
thick.  And  what  appetites  we  had !  Then  up  to  Uncle  Jimmie 
Ewings,  well  for  a  drink  out  of  the  real  "old  oaken  bucket,''  and 
a  little  visit,  then  back  to  the  church  for  another  long  sermon. 

The  music  was  not  classical  but  there  were  many  good 
voices  and  it  was  a  real  praise  service.  The  singing  was 
usually  led  by  two  of  the  LClders  of  the  church.  As  there  were 


36 

not  a  sufficient  number  of  hvmn  books  for  the  congregation, 
the  two  leaders  would  stand  up  in  front  of  the  pulpit  and 
"line  out"  two  lines  of  the  hymn,  then  leading  the  singing. 
Jesse  Cill  and  James  Robinson  were  the  two  leaders  for  many 
years,  finally  Benjamin  Fay,  who  played  the  flute  and  was 
quite  a  musician,  organized  a  choir  of  the  young  people  and 
I  recall  he  would  stand  up  and  give  the  key  with  his  flute. 
The  music  was  greatly  improved  and  enjoyed  under  Ins  leader- 
ship. Mascal  Kwing,  who  was  educated  for  the  ministry  and 
was  a  tine  scholar,  would  frequently  read  -ermons  to  the  con- 
gregation when  thev  had  no  minister.  The  "(  >ld  Red  Bride 
Church"  drew  great  congregations  and  in  the  summer  time  the 
church  would  often  be  filled  to  overflowing,  as  the  people 
would  come  for  many  miles,  even  as  far  as  Milford  Center 
and  Fairview.  now  (  'straiuler.  in  wagons,  horseback  and  on 
foot.  \\hcn  the  voting  people  would  start  home  on  their  pranc- 
ing horses  it  would  look  like  a  troop  of  cavalrv.  The  services 
usually  lasted  until  2  ;OU  o'clock.  Xot  one  of  the  members  of 
that  old  congregation  survives  and  of  the  young  girls  who 
sang  in  the  choir  I  recall  but  two  who  are  living,  lane  Currv 
Randall,  of  Plain  City,  and  Susannah  Robinson  McKilrick, 
residing  near  Xew  California,  and  of  the  voting  men  not  one. 
<  )f  the  ruling  elders  1  recall  the  names  of  lames  Kwing.  T. 
M.  Kwing.  John  Taylor,  Jessie  (iill.  lames  Robinson.  Stephen- 
son  Currv.  1  )a\  id  Chapman,  Abner  Chapman.  The  old  church 
building,  after  the  congregation  was  disorganized,  was  aban- 
doned to  the  bird-  and  bats,  the  windows  knocked  out.  the  vard 
grown  tip  in  weeds  and  bushes,  and  so  it  remained  until  after 
the  close  of  the  Civil  \Var.  In  the  year  1>J>  it  was  torn  flown 
and  the  brick  was  hauled  to  Plain  City  and  used  in  the  erec- 
tion oi  a  I 'resbvterian  church  on  the  site  now  occupied  bv  the 
Commodius  Church,  to  which  it  gave  way  a  few  vcars  ago. 
V,  hen  that  church  wa?  erected  I  was  secretary  of  the  building 
committee  and  Rev.  \Vm.  11.  (ialbreath.  who  was  pastor  in 
the  old  church  in  l^!!'.  preached  the  dedicatory  sermon.  'I  he 
organizers  of  the  old  church  were  a  Cod- fearing  people  and 
while  the  <rood  old  fathers  and  mothers  have  <rone  to  their  re- 


History  of  Jerome  Township  37 

wards,  their  seed  was  sown  on  fertile  ground  and  has  borne 
good  fruit,  as  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  many  of  their  descen- 
dants are  still  zealous  workers  in  the  vineyard  of  the  good  old 
Presbyterian  Church  at  Plain  City  and  other  churches.  Some 
of  the  descendants  of  this  congregation  became  ministers  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  among  whom  may  be  named  David 
G.  Robinson,  son  of  James  Robinson,  and  James  Curry,  son 
of  Stepenson  Curry,  who  has  been  a  prominent  minister  in  the 
state  of  California  for  thirty-seven  years  and  is  now  located 
at  Newark  in  that  state.  David  G.  Robinson  died  about  the 
year  1872-73. 

THE  OLD  SECEDER  CHURCH,  NEW  CALIFORNIA. 

The  Seceder  Church,  now  the  United  Presbyterian  Church, 
was  organized  at  New  California  between  the  years  1835  and 
1840.  The  society  was  organized  by  the  McCampbells  and  the 
Beards,  who  emigrated  from  Rockbridge  County,  Virginia,  in 
1835.  and  soon  after  came  the  Liggetts.  The  McCampbells  and 
Beards  were  connected  with  the  Associate  Church  of  Ebenzer 
and  Timber  Ridge  congregation,  Virginia,  before  coming  to 
Ohio. 

Services  were  first  held  at  the  residence  of  Wm.  McCamp- 
bell,  Sr.,  and  then  in  the  cooper  shop  of  John  McCampbell. 

Rev.  James  Wallace  organized  the  congregation  and  the 
first  rulings  elders  ordained  and  installed  were  Wm.  Bigger 
and  David  Beard,  with  about  thirty  members. 

Rev.  Robert  Forester,  who  resided  at  Reynoldsburg,  Ohio, 
supplied  the  church  the  first  two  years. 

Rev.  I.  N.  Laughead  was  the  first  pastor  installed.  Lie  be- 
came pastor  in  April,  18-43,  and  so  continued  until  April,  186-1. 
He  was  also  pastor  of  the  U.  P.  Church  at  Unionville  Center 
for  the  same  period.  He  stated  in  a  letter  at  one  time  that 
his  salary  at  first  was  $300  per  year  and  never  was  above  $100. 
Rev.  Laughead  was  also  a  farmer  during  his  pastorate  here 
and  had  one  of  the  best  improved  farms  in  the  neighborhood. 
He  was  quite  successful  as  a  manager  and  accumulated  con- 


38  History  of  Jerome  To 

siderahle  property,  although  it  was  not  by  reason  of  the 
meager  salary  he  received  as  a  minister. 

lie  also  taught  school  in  the  winter  season  and  some  of 
the  older  persons  residing  now  in  the  community  were  his 
pupils.  He  was  a  devoted  Christian  and  enterprising  citizen, 
and  gave  the  best  of  his  life  ministering  to  his  congregation, 
composed  of  earnest,  God-fearing  people. 

Mrs.  Laughead  was  a  woman  of  intelligence,  devoted  to  the 
interest  of  the  congregation,  and  reared  an  interesting  family. 
The  oldest  son,  William  Bradford,  died  in  the  army  during  the 
Civil  War  and  the  only  daughter.  Klizabeth,  now  Mrs.  J.  11. 
Young,  resides  in  Pasadena.  California,  and  two  sons.  James 
and  Leander,  reside  in  Iowa. 

In  the  spring  of  !S(5o  Rev.  Laughead  and  family  removed 
to  Washington,  Iowa,  where  he  and  his  good  wife  were  laid  to 
rest  several  years  ago.  The  lirst  church  building  erected  by 
the  congregation  was  of  logs  about  the  year  1S-11.  The  ceiling 
was  very  low  and  some  of  the  benches  used  as  seats  did  not 
have  any  backs.  When  the  minister  was  in  the  pulpit  his  head 
reached  almost  to  the  joists,  which  were  heavy  enough  for  a 
railroad  bridge.  The  congregation  worshiped  in  this  building 
until  l's.">'',  when  the  old  frame  building  now  used  as  a  town- 
ship house  was  erected  on  the  same  site  now  occupied  bv  the 
church  build. ing  erected  in  P.Mil. 

(  )f  the  old  families  who  were  members  of  this  great  congre- 
gation mav  be  n.tnied  McCampbells.  Liggetts,  Pcards.  Robin- 
sons. Mitchell^.  Woodburn.s,  (  iowans.  McDowells.  Piggers, 
McCrorvs.  Taylors,  McC  ulloughs,  and  Pains 

I  do  not  recall  but  one  of  that  old  generation  who  organi/cd 
the  rhuivh  scventv-eight  years  ago  who  survives  Martha 
Robinson  Heard,  widow  of  Andrew  Beard,  now  living  with  her 
daughter,  Martha  Williams,  in  Cleveland.  <  >lno.  Put  few  of  the 
younger  generation  reside  in  lerome  Township,  and  of  the 
McCampbells.  Amanda  Comstock  and  I 'ell  McCampbcll.  and 
of  the  McDowells.  Porter  and  Leander:  the  Liggetts,  Mrs. 
Clement  Kvan<  :  the  Taylors.  Mrs.  S.  II.  ('arson. 

Rev.    lame.-  A.  Tavlor  succeeded   Rev.   Laughead  in  April. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  39 

1865,  to  November  19th,  1867.  From  that  date  until  Rev.  John 
Gilmore  was  installed  September  12th,  1871,  there  was  no  reg- 
ular pastor.  He  was  followed  by  Rev.  D.  M.  Gordon  in  Janu- 
ary, 1875,  and  Rev.  Ebenezer  E.  Cleland  succeeded  in  April, 
1878,  to  September,  1895.  Rev.  B.  E.  Dobbins,  September, 
1897,  to  April,  1902.  Rev.  R.  C.  Finney,  July,  1903,  to  August, 
1909.  Rev.  E.  H.  Thompson,  the  present  pastor,  July,  1911. 

The  good  influence  of  this  congregation  in  the  community 
for  three-quarters  of  a  century  has  not  only  been  for  the  spirit- 
ual welfare  of  its  membership,  but  for  the  spiritual  and  moral 
welfare  of  all  the  people.  While  at  this  time  the  membership 
is  greatly  reduced  as  compared  with  that  of  fifty  years  ago,  yet 
their  influence  for  all  that  is  good  in  society  and  the  high 
regard  and  reverence  that  still  obtains  for  the  Sabbath  day 
and  the  ceremonies  of  the  church  is  all  in  the  interest  of  good 
citizenship.  If  we  had  more  such  churches  in  our  country 
there  would  not  be  need  for  so  many  prisons. 

In  the  early  days,  soon  after  the  select  schoolhouse  was 
erected,  a  class  was  organized  by  the  Methodist  denomination. 
Rev.  Merrill,  who  afterward  became  a  distinguished  Bishop 
in  that  church  and  an  eloquent  speaker,  was  the  first  minister. 
Xelson  Cone,  Judah  Dodge  (who  was  an  exhorter  in  the 
church  for  many  years),  James  B.  Dort,  John  Ruehlen,  John 
Konnemaker,  James  Ketch,  and  a  number  of  the  other  old 
families  were  active  members  of  the  church.  Services  were 
held  in  the  Select  School  building  or  township  house,  at  Cali- 
fornia. 

A  Sunday  School  was  organized  and  flourished  with  a 
good  attendance  for  a  number  of  years.  In  time  some  of  the 
active  members  died  and  others  affiliated  with  churches  at 
I 'lain  City  or  Jerome,  and  the  organization  was  abandoned. 

About  the  year  185-1  a  number  of  German  families,  includ- 
ing the  Kimberlies,  Ruehlens.  llousers.  Myers,  Masts  and 
others,  came  direct  from  the  Fatherland  and  settled  in  the 
vicinity.  They  held  services  frequently  in  the.  township 
house,  but  did  not  have  any  regular  minister.  Many  of  the 
young  people  of  the  neighborhood  attended  these  meetings, 


40  Histt-ry  of  Jerome  Township 

and  while  they  could  not  understand  the  sermon,  they  enjoyed 
the  singing,  as  there  were  some  splendid  voice*;  among  these 
good  German  people. 

\Yhen  the  U.  1'.  Church  was  at  the  zenith  of  its  prosperity 
they  had  great  congregations.  They  came  in  wagons,  buggies, 
on  horseback  and  a-foot,  and  from  the  number  of  horses 
hitched  to  the  trees  in  the  woods  near  the  church  it  resembled 
a  Camp  Meeting  or  County  Fair.  Like  the  services  in  the  old 
Red  Brick  Presbyterian  Church  near  Plain  City,  they  con- 
tinued all  day,  with  two  sermons  and  a  half  hour  for  lunch. 
The  singing  was  usually  led  by  Modenvell  and  Hunter  Robin- 
son, by  reading  two  lines  of  the  Psalm,  then  leading  in  the 
singing. 

PLAIN  CITY. 

The  population  of  Plain  City  at  this  time  is  about  1,."><H), 
and  of  that  number  -j(>n  reside  in  Jerome  Township.  The 
flouring  mill,  owned  and  operated  by  U.  D.  Beard,  is  located 
on  the  west  bank  of  Darby  Creek  in  Jerome  Township.  The 
mill  was  erected  by  Dr.  \Y.  I.  Ballinger  and  Richard  Woodruff 
in  \^'-'>,  and  has  always  done  a  good  business,  handling  a 
large  amount  of  grain. 

The  Plain  City  M.  K.  Church  is  located  in  Jerome  Town- 
ship. The  church  building  is  beautiful  and  commodious,  the 
congregation  numbering  about  -"Jon.  with  a  large  and  flourish- 
ing Sunday  School.  The  Church  Society  of  Pleasant  Valley 
was  organized  in  the  cabin  of  Andrew  Xotenum  about  the 
year  1MV,  and  has  been  in  existence  continuously,  the  major- 
it}'  of  the  congregation  residing  in  Madison  Countv.  I\cv. 
S.  A.  Su-phan  is  the  minister  in  charge  at  this  time. 

Pa-time  Park,  joining  the  village  on  the  north,  is  located 
on  the  old  farm  owned  in  the  earlv  days  bv  William  McCune. 
who  also  operated  quite  an  extensive  tannery.  The  park  con- 
tain- ~'.'i  acre?  of  ground,  and  has  a  line  race-track  for  matinee 
races  and  training  horses.  The  grove  of  natural  fore-t  tree- 
is  beautiful,  and  a  great  pleasure  resort.  Chautauqua  meet- 
ing.-' are  held  in  the  park  every  year.  The  "City  of  Tent>" 


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History  of  Jerome  Township  41 

during  these  meetings  is  quite  large  and  the  attendance  is 
numbered  by  thousands. 

Many  picnics  and  Fourth  of  July  celebrations  were  held  on 
these  grounds  before  the  Civil  War.  Some  of  the  older  citi- 
zens recall  these  celebrations  held  every  year  in  Pleasant  Val- 
ley, and  in  those  days  the  meetings  were  patriotic  indeed. 
Usually  one  good  speaker,  the  reading  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  a  few  patriotic  songs,  music  by  a  good  martial 
band,  made  a  day  of  real  enjoyment.  Long  tables  were 
erected,  filled  with  the  substantial  "fat  of  the  land,"  and  a  free 
dinner  for  all. 

In  the  year  1833  Otway  Curry,  who  resided  in  a  log  house 
on  the  exact  spot  where  now  stands  the  residence  of  Charles 
M.  Jones,  composed  a  poem  especially  for  the  Fourth  of  July 
celebration.  It  was  set  to  the  music  of  Pleyel's  Hymn  Sec- 
ond, and  sung  July  4th,  1833,  in  Bigelow's  Grove,  Pleasant 
Valley,  under  the  leadership  of  Xelson  Cone.  The  poem  will 
be  herewith  published  as  a  part  of  the  early  history  of  Pleas- 
ant Valley,  frequently  referred  to  by  the  newspapers  of  today. 

"God  of  the  high  and  boundless         heaven, 

We  call  upon  Thy  name ; 
We  tread  the  soil  that  Thou  hast  given 

To  Freedom  and  to  fame. 
Around  us  on  the  ocean  waves 

Our  starry  banners  sweep, 
Around  us  in  their  lowly  graves 

Our  patriot  fathers  sleep. 

With  fearless  hearts  and  stalwart  hands 

They  bore  the  eagle  high 
O'er  serried  arms  and  battle  brands 

Careering  in  the  sky  ; 
For  Freedom,  in  her  darkest  day, 

Their  life-blood  bathed  the  plain; 
Their  mouldering  tombs  shall  pass  away, 

Their  glory  shall  remain. 


•Iv  Ihsti>)'\'  of  Jerome  Township 

God  of  the  Free.  Thy  children  bless, 

With  jov  their  labor  crown; 
Let  their  domain  he  limitless. 
And  endless  their  renown. 
Proclaim  the  morn  of  Freedom's  birth 

(  )'er  every  land  and  sea. 
Till  her  pure  spirit  fill  the  earth. 
Wide  as  the  heavens  are  free." 

The  farm  which  Mr.  Charles  M.  Jones  owns  and  on  which 
he  resides,  adjoins  Plain  City  on  the  north  and  was  purchased 
by  his  father.  Thomas  Jones,  in  1  >."><'>,  who  was  the  first  man 
to  introduce  Xorman  horses  in  this  section  of  the  State,  lie 
also  dealt  largelv  in  thoroughbred  cattle  and  Plain  City  became 
noted  throughout  the  State  for  fine  horses  and  cattle. 

Charles  M.  Jones,  on  his  "Pleasant  Valley  Stock  Farm'' 
as  it  is  still  called,  deals  largely  in  horses  and  keeps  up  the 
reputation  established  by  his  father  more  than  half  a  century 
ago  as  a  breeder  of  line  stock. 

There  are  citizens  vet  living  in  the  vicinity  who  can  re- 
member the  davs  when  there  were  but  two  general  stores  in 
the  village.  George  Hill,  proprietor  of  one.  and  Joseph  and 
Peter  Guitner  of  the  other,  and  "(  )ld  Had  Marshall"  kept  the 
grocerv.  where  he  dispensed  ginger-snaps,  blind-robbins.  and 
red-striped  peppermint  candv.  The  merchants  of  the  town 
at  this  tune  have  a  large  and  flourishing  trade.  Good  churches, 
goods  schools,  and  the  citizens  are  progressive,  prosperous,  and 


VILI 

The  village  of  foronie,  also  known  as  Beachtown,  Pleasant 
Hill,  and  Frankfort.  \vas  platted  in  the  year  IMH  by  William 
Irwin.  Cotmty  Surveyor,  for  llenrv  Peach,  and  the  Peach  fam- 
ilv  was  the  onlv  familv  residing  there.  It  is  plcasantlv  situ- 
ated and  in  the  earlv  day-  was  a  thriving  business  town,  but 
like  other  inland  village-.,  while  it  is  -till  a  good  business  town. 
it  has  not  increased  greatly  in  population.  The  Peaches  and 
the  majority  of  the  old  inhabitants  have  passed  awav.  but  the 


History  of  Jerome  Township  -13 

village  and  vicinity  have  always  been  noted  for  good  substan- 
tial citizenship,  a  thriving  farming  community,  and  the  merch- 
ants do  a  good  business  in  all  lines,  and  at  all  times. 

The  first  merchants  of  the  village  were  Amos  and  Kilburn 
Beach,  and  the  first  tavern  keeper  was  William  Case.  Other 
merchants  who  have  been  prominent  business  men  in  the  vil- 
lage are  PI.  B.  Seely,  Lattimer  &  Hamilton,  George  Dixon, 
Oliver  Asbury.  The  merchants  now  doing  business  are 
Daniel  Landecker  and  H.  B.  Seely  Company. 

Herrick  B.  Seely  was  for  many  years  a  merchant  in  the 
village,  and  also  served  as  Postmaster.  He  was  a  fine  business 
man  and  stood  high  in  the  community  and  among  wholesale 
merchants  as  a  man  of  strict  integrity.  At  his  death  the 
business  descended  to  his  sons,  one  of  whom  still  continues  in 
business  in  the  village  in  general  merchandise,  under  the  firm 
name  of  H.  B.  Seely  Co.  The  firm  does  a  large  and  profitable 
business,  and  are  in  every  way  worthy  successors  of  their 
father,  who  laid  the  foundation  for  long-continued  mercantile 
business  by  the  family. 

The  first  Methodist  Church  was  organized  at  Jerome  in  the 
year  183,5  and  services  were  first  held  at  the  residence  of 
Henry  Beach.  Among  the  early  members  were  the  Beaches, 
Stones,  Hallecks,  \Yells  and  Frederick  families. 

A  log  church  was  erected  in  18-12,  which  was  occupied  as 
a  church  until  a  short  time  before  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
\\"ar.  A  frame  church  was  erected  and  dedicated  April  loth, 
1SGU,  by  a  Rev.  Dr.  Warner  as  pastor.  Among  the  ministers 
who  have  served  as  pastors  of  the  congregation  are:  Rev. 
Chase,  Rev.  Hathaway,  Rev.  John  E.  Moore.  Rev.  Kclward 
Rudesill,  Rev.  J.  Shoop,  Rev.  Thurslon,  Rev.  Ferris.  Rev. 
Pierman,  Rev.  Abernathy.  Rev.  I.  K.  Argo,  Rev.  Pryor,  Rev. 
Theodore  Crayton,  Rev.  A.  Ilolcomb,  Rev.  A.  L.  Rogers,  Rev. 
B.  f.  |udd.  Rev.  Tubbs,  Rev.  Thomas  Ricketts.  Rev.  Thomas 
Wakefield,  Rev.  J.  H.  Middling,  Rev.  A.  Plum.  Rev.  John 
Gordon. 

The  Jerome  Presbyterian  Church  was  organized  December 
10th,  1853,  and  Rev.  William  Brinkerhoff  was  the  first  pastor. 


44  History  of  Jerome   'I'oi^nsliip 

Templeton  Liggett  and  John  Fleck  were  the  first  Ruling 
Elders.  Rev.  Brinkerhoft  served  as  pastor  of  the  chureh  until 
the  congregation  decided  to  become  a  Congregational  Church, 
on  November  vM.  iMi'J,  and  he  then  resigned  as  pastor.  After- 
ward Rev.  I  lawn,  an  old-school  Presbyterian,  became  pastor, 
followed  by  Rev.  C.  N.  Coulter  in  ]S(H>.  In  ISO?  the  denomi- 
nation was  again  changed  to  the  new-school  Presbyterian,  and 
Rev.  A.  X.  Hamlin  became  pastor,  followed  by  Rev.  Steven- 
son, Rev.  Mason,  Rev.  Hill,  Rev.  Crow,  Rev.  Thomas,  Rev. 
Christ.  Rev.  Henry  Shedd.  About  the  year  1S!»8  the  Presby- 
terian and  Methodist  congregations  united  and  the  Presbyte- 
rian Society  was  abandoned.  The  Methodists  now  have  a 
good,  strong  congregation  under  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  John 
Gordon. 

SCHOOLS. 

The  educational  privileges  have  always  compared  favorably 
in  the  schools  of  the  village  with  other  schools  in  the  township, 
which  is  noted  in  the  county  for  its  excellent  schools.  Under 
the  present  efficient  Superintendent,  Professor  Homer  E. 
Cahall.  the  Special  High  School  ranks  among  the  best  in  the 
county. 

The  new  school  building,  known  as  the  Rvan  Memorial 
School,  Jerome  Special  High  School,  is  modern  in  everv  re- 
spect and  speaks  volumns  for  the  community  in  which  it  is 
located.  The  district,  with  the  help  of  Mr.  Ryan,  erected  this 
>pacious  and  beautiful  structure,  and  the  school  and  com- 
munity owe  to  Mr.  Ryan,  the  great  benefactor,  a  debt  of  grati- 
tude for  his  untiring  energv  and  efforts  in  their  behalf.  The 
School  Hoard  and  all  progressive  citi/ens  are  entitled  to  great 
credit  tor  their  support  toward  securing  a  new  building,  and 
thus  advancing  the  cause  of  education  in  this  community. 

I  he  building  is  a  model  as  regards  beaut  v  and  convenience, 
and  cost  approximately  .sil.oon.  It  is  a  four-room  building, 
and  includes  bbrarv  room,  office  of  the  School  Hoard  and  the 
superintendent,  together  with  a  spacious  auditorium  in  the 
basement,  which  -eats  about  -'I1111  people.  Nothing  has  been 


History  of  Jerome  Township  45 

spared  that  might  add  to  the  comfort  of  the  pupils,  and  the 
library  is  up-to-date  and  contains  about  400  volumes. 
Through  the  efforts  of  the  superintendent  and  the  School 
Board  the  school  was  placed  in  the  list  of  second-grade  high 
schools  of  the  State.  The  school  is  equipped  with  a  fine  ap- 
paratus for  Physics,  Agriculture,  and  Botany,  and  the  present 
corps  of  teachers  are  very  efficient. 

The  Primary  Department  is  in  charge  of  Miss  Marie 
Pounds,  who  is  an  excellent  instructor  for  that  grade.  Mr. 
Lon  McMillan  is  in  charge  of  the  Intermediate  grades,  while 
Professor  H.  E.  Cahall  has  charge  of  the  High  School  Depart- 
ment. Mr.  McMillan  has  been  a  student  both  at  Delaware 
and  Ada  Universities,  and  Professor  Cahall  is  a  graduate  of 
Miami  University,  Oxford.  Ohio. 

There  are  about  100  pupils  attending  the  school  this  year. 
The  district  has  been  centralized,  the  pupils  being  conveyed 
to  school  in  modern  vehicles.  With  a  progressive  superin- 
tendent and  well-trained,  competent  teachers,  and  with  an 
awakened  and  thoroughly  Christianized  community,  the  school 
will  no  doubt  prosper  in  the  future  as  it  has  in  the  past. 

As  the  Jerome  school  of  today  is  much  further  advanced 
than  the  school  of  fifty  years  ago,  so  we  may  feel  confident 
that  fifty  years  hence  the  school  will,  in  the  onward  march  of 
progress,  by  far  surpass  the  school  of  today.  In  the  language 
of  the  historian,  "The  Past  has  taught  its  lesson,  the  Present 
has  its  duty,  and  the  Future  has  its  hope." 

PHYSICIANS. 

Of  the  physicians  who  have  practiced  in  Jerome  may  be 
named  Drs.  Converse.  Asberry.  Holland,  John  E.  Herriott, 
Dr.  P.  F.  Beverly  (who  served  as  surgeon  of  the  oi>th  Regi- 
ment, O.  V.  I.).  Dr.  Henry,  Dr.  Bargar,  and  Dr.  Kirbey. 

The  following  named  citizens  have  served  as  postmasters : 
Horace  Beach,  Isaac  Wells,  George  Lcasure,  Kurd  Lewis,  Dr. 
Converse,  S.  II.  Brake,  William  O'llara.  John  Latham,  Joseph 
Brobeck,  James  Linn,  \Y.  Wells,  II.  B.  Seeley,  George  Dixon, 


46  History  of  Jerome  J^ 

(  )llivcr  Asbury.  I.attimcr  &  Ilamihon,  and  Pearl  E.  Ilyland. 
The  mail  is  now  received  K.  F.  1).  from  Plain  City. 

Among-  the  old  and  prominent  families  who  settled  in  the 
eastern  section  of  the  township  in  the  early  days  were  the 
Stones,  Donaldsons,  Xorrises.  Colliers,  Hoberts,  Fredericks, 
Pattersons,  Dorts.  Cases,  Beaches.  \Yclls.  Bishops,  Evans. 
Moss,  I  ludsons,  Brobecks,  \Yilliams,  McCrorys,  Ilerriotts, 
Magills.  llills,  Jacksons,  Xeils,  Eangstaffs,  Stuarts.  Frys. 
Brakes,  O'llarra,  Ashbaughs.  Perrys,  Seeleys.  Temples.  Bow- 
ersmiths.  McKitricks.  Foxes.  Brinkerhoffs,  Durboroughs,  and 
many  others  who  came  later.  There  were  but  few  of  these 
families  who  had  members  that  were  eligible  to  military  service 
who  were  not  represented  in  the  Union  Army. 

There  was  quite  a  military  spirit  abounding  in  the  village 
in  the  ante-bellum  days.  Some  of  us  who  took  part  in  the 
Civil  War  can  recall  the  days  in  the  late  years  of  ISlo  when 
the  muster  and  training  days  of  the  "Corn-Stalk  Militia"  on 
the  farms  of  James  A.  and  Robert  Curry  were  looked  forward 
to  by  the  boys  as  the  great  events  of  the  year.  When  Captain 
Kilburn  Beach,  in  gorgeous  regimentals,  cockade  and  flowing 
plume>,  drilled  the  .Militia,  the  rattling  of  the  drums  and  the 
>hrill  notes  of  the  fife  was  the  signal  for  all  the  boys  in  the 
neighborhood  to  as>emble  at  the  place  of  muster  to  hear  the 
music  and  witnes>  the  drill. 

This  recalls  the  poem  in  the  old  Second  .Reader  of  that  day: 

'A\  as  you  ne'er  a  Schoolboy 

And  did  you  never  train. 
And  feel  the  swelling  of  your  heart, 

You  ne'er  shall   feel  again  ; 
\\  e  charged  upon  a  flock  of  geese 

And  put  them  .all  to  flight. 
Except  die  sturdy  gander 

Who  thought  he'd  >how  us  fight  ; 
But  oh  !  we  knew  a  thing  or  two, 

'  >ur  Captain  wheeled  the  van. 
We  -coutcd  them,  we  routed  them. 

Xor  lo-t  a  single  man.'' 


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Little  did  the  boys  of  this  neighborhood,  when  reading  or 
reciting  this  old  poem,  think  they  would,  in  a  few  years,  have 
the  opportunity  to  charge  upon  an  enemy  in  real  war,  in  some 
of  the  greatest  battles  of  modern  times. 

Isaac  Wells,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Jerome,  was  Orderly 
Sergeant,  and  some  of  us  remember  about  the  men  lying 
around  on  the  grass  answering  to  their  names  as  he  called  the 
roll  at  the  close  of  the  day's  arduous  drill.  The  patriotic  and 
military  spirit  instilled  in  the  boys  by  the  training  and  muster 
days,  in  which  they  were  too  young  to  take  part,  was  aroused 
to  fever  heat  when  war  was  declared  in  April,  1801.  At  the 
time  when  the  first  company  for  three  months  was  being  or- 
ganized at  Xew  California,  I  recall  that  several  of  us  attended 
a  war  meeting  at  Jerome.  It  was  held  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church  and  Rev.  \Yilliam  Brinkerhoft,  pastor  of  the  church, 
made  an  eloquent  address,  of  which  I  remember  one  sentence 
distinctly.  The  drums  were  on  the  pulpit  platform,  to  which 
he  called  attention  by  saying:  "Munitions  of  war  and  the 
Bible  are  side  by  side  in  the  House  of  the  Lord." 

The  only  full  company  organized  in  the  township  was  at 
Jerome.  This  company  was  organized  in  August,  1801,  and 
the  officers  at  organization  were:  Captain,  Elijah  Warner; 
First  Lieutenant,  Henry  Brinkerhoft";  Second  Lieutenant, 
Henry  Hensel. 

One  hundred  and  two  soldiers  served  in  the  company  dur- 
ing the  war,  and  thirty-two  died  in  the  service.  The  company 
was  assigned  as  Company  E,  30th  Regiment,  O.  Y.  I.  Captain 
Warner  was  promoted  to  Major  of  the  Regiment;  Lieutenant 
Brinkerhoft  was  promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  '2nd 
Mississippi,  U.  S.  C.  T.,  and  James  D.  Bain  was  promoted  to 
the  Captaincy  of  the  company. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  BrinkerhofY  remained  in  the  Regular 
Army  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War.  and  was  retired  a  few 
years  ago  with  the  rank  of  Colonel.  Major  Warner,  Captain 
Bain  and  Lieutenant  Hensel  are  all  dead.  As  I  recall,  Ser- 
geant lames  C.  Collier,  who  had  a  long  and  honorable  service 
from  August  IDth,  1801,  to  August  13th,  1805,  is  the  last  stir- 


48  Histt>r\  of  Jerome  Township 

vivor  of  that  company  of  !<>vj  brave  Jerome  Township  boys 
residing  in  the  vicinity  at  this  time. 

The  company  had  a  remarkable  service  and  the  losses  were 
appalling,  as  almost  one-third  of  their  number  were  killed  or 
died  in  the  service,  and  scarcely  a  man  in  the  company  escaped 
some  casualty,  either  by  wounds  or  by  being  captured  as  a 
prisoner  of  war. 

THE    VILLAGE    OF    NEW    CALIFORNIA. 

The  village  of  Xew  California  was  platted  in  l>oo  and  the 
first  general  store  was  opened  by  S.  B.  \Yooclburn  and  Dr. 
Albert  Chapman.  Soon  after  the  platt  was  made.  Samuel 
Ressler  of  Marysville,  ( >hio,  erected  a  two-story  frame  build- 
ing on  the  southwest  corner  of  the  square  for  a  tavern,  and 
did  quite  a  thriving  business  for  a  number  of  years.  He  also 
had  a  small  grocery  in  the  same  building.  This  soon  became 
the  great  center  for  the  stock  business  in  the  southern  part  of 
the  county.  Stock  scales  were  erected  and  hundreds  of  hogs 
would  be  driven  in  by  the  farmers  in  one  day.  They  were 
then  driven  to  Pleasant  Valley  or  \\~orthington  to  be  shipped 
by  rail  to  Xew  York.  Some  droves  would  number  three  or 
four  hundred  and  many  boys  in  the  neighborhood  were  em- 
ploved  at  -"i"  cents  a  day  to  drive  them,  often  through  mud  and 
rani.  As  there  were  no  bridge>  spanning  the  small  streams, 
and  the  water  at  times  being  solidly  frozen,  it  would  be  the 
work  of  hour-  to  force  the  great  droves  of  hogs  across  the  ice. 
and  the  boys  well  earned  the  half-dollar  a  day. 

Tlie  Ressler  Tavern  was  quite  a  favorite  hostelrv  in  its 
day.  as  there  was  a  great  deal  of  travel  on  the  State  Road. 
running  from  Pleasant  Yallev  to  Delaware,  and  also  on  the 
road  leading  from  Marvsville  to  Columbus.  Many  were  the 
varns  spun  in  the  old  barroom  as  travelers,  drovers,  and  others 
gathered  around  the  old  open-front  wood  tire  Franklin  stove, 
smoking  their  pipes  and  "stogies"  furnished  by  the  genial 
landlord.  The  fir-t  mails,  once  a  week,  were  earned  on  horse- 
back  from  Ihiblin  in  those  ante-bellum  clays.  Still,  the  arrival 
1  •'  e  mail,  carried  in  laixre  -addle-bags,  was  quite  an  import- 


History  of  Jerome  Tozvnship  49 

ant  event,  as  it  brought  the  weekly  papers,  and  all  were  eager 
to  hear  the  latest  news — but  a  week  old. 

Among  the  merchants  who  "kept  store"  and  kept  the  post- 
office  in  the  village  the  following  named  are  recalled:  S.  B. 
Woodburn,  Perry  Buck,  John  Liggett,  John  Robinson,  H. 
Benton,  George  Stokes,  William  Thompson,  Robert  Thomp- 
son, Otway,  John  W.  and  \V.  L.  Curry,  Fred  Fleck,  Robert 
Hager,  Albert  Allen,  H.  M.  Dort,  Jesse  Curry,  and  Grant  E. 
Herriott. 

Mr.  Grant  E.  Herriott,  the  present  merchant,  has  been  in 
business  in  the  village  several  years.  He  is  an  energetic,  pro- 
gressive young  man,  has  a  good  trade,  is  doing  a  flourishing 
business  in  general  merchandise.  He  takes  a  deep  interest  in 
the  schools,  is  treasurer  of  the  School  Board,  is  active  in  all 
the  business  affairs  of  the  township,  and  is  up-to-date. 

The  first  physician  who  practiced  in  the  village  was  Dr. 
Culver,  and  in  succession  Drs.  Milo  Lawrence,  Thomas  J. 
Haynes,  James  Cutler,  B.  F.  McGlade,  J.  S.  Howland,  Dr. 
Merriam,  Dr.  Vigor,  the  present  physician,  has  a  large  and 
lucrative  practice. 

Some  of  the  characters  of  the  village  were  quite  interest- 
ing, and  had  some  traits  that  would  have  made  David  Harum 
green  with  envy.  The  village  blacksmith  was  John  Walley, 
which  recalls  the  poem : 

"  Under  a  spreading  chestnut  tree, 

The  village  smithy  stands ; 
The  smith,  a  mighty  man  is  he. 

With  large  and  sinewy  hands; 
And  the  muscles  of  his  brawny  arms 

Are  strong  as  iron  bands." 

In  his  shop  the  schoolboys  congregated  at  the  noon  hour 
to  watch  the  sparks  fly  from  the  red-hot  iron,  as  the  swarthy 
smith  hammered  the  horseshoes  into  shape  and  nailed  them  to 
the  hoofs  of  many  wild  and  vicious  horses. 

John  was  a  great  story  teller,  and  it  was  claimed  that  he 
had  great  imagination  and  at  times  "used  the  truth  with  parsi- 
monious frugality.''  He  claimed  to  have  invented  a  magnify- 


r>0  Ifistt>)'\'  of  Jerome   To'cnsliip 

ing  glass,  through  which  he  could  look  into  the  earth  three 
miles.  With  this  glass  he  located  several  gold  and  silver 
mines  in  the  neighborhood,  but  they  were  never  developed  for 
lack  of  funds.  lie  never  would  allow  anyone  to  see  the  glass, 
as  he  claimed  he  did  let  one  man  look  through  it  and  it  magni- 
fied so  strong  that  it  killed  him. 

lie  was  also  a  great  skater  and  one  of  his  stories  was  that 
one  time  when  he  lived  in  Dublin,  (  )hio.  he  skated  to  Colum- 
bus and  back,  twenty-four  miles,  before  breakfast,  and  cut 
ten  acres  of  wheat  with  a  cradle  the  same  day.  lie  did  not 
let  the  seasons  spoil  a  good  story.  The  tales  of  the  Arabian 
Knights  vanished  into  nothingness  beside  the  wonderful 
stories  of  the  blacksmith,  and  it  is  but  little  wonder  that  the 
schoolboys  stood  with  eyes  distended  and  mouths  agape  as 
they  listened  to  his  wonderful  tales. 

The  Gowan  boys  also  erected  quite  a  pretentious  black- 
smith and  wagon-shop  and  for  many  years  did  a  thriving  busi- 
ness.  Uthers  recalled  in  the  same  line  were  \Yilson  Martin 
and  John  Hickman.  Both  of  the  latter  were  queer  and  inter- 
e-ting  characters,  and  many  amusing  stories  could  be  related 
of  their  peculiarities. 

Martin  was  quite  a  nimrod  and  usuallv  kept  his  rifle  handy 
in  the  shop  for  any  emergency,  if  game  was  reported  in  the 
vicinity.  <  »ne  day  he  was  btisilv  engaged  shoeing  a  horse  f<>r 
a  tanner  when  a  buy  came  into  his  shop  and  reported  a  tlock 
of  wild  turkev-  in  the  woods  near  bv.  Martin  dropped  the 
horde's  foot,  seized  his  ritle,  bullet  pouch  and  powder  horn 
and  made  for  the  designated  quarry  on  the  double  quick,  leav- 
ing the  hor-e  half  shod.  In  about  two  hours  he  returned. 
groaning  tinder  the  load  of  three  sleek,  fat.  brown  turkcvs  on 
hi-  back.  All  the  villagers  assembled  to  see  the  game  and 
congratulated  Martin  on  his  wonderful  prowess  as  a  hunter. 
He.  like  many  other  great  hunters,  was  no  doubt  drawing  on 
hi-  imagination  a  little  bv  relating  how  he  had  driven  these 

:  turkevs.  that  were  swifter  on  foot  than  the  fastest  deer- 
hoiind  in  the  countrv.  to  cover  and  how  he  had  brought  them 
down  from  tin-  highest  oak  trees  with  hi.-  <rood  and  unerring 


History  of  Jerome  Township  51 

rifle,  "Black  Bess."  It  was  a  thrilling  story  and  the  villagers 
were  much  enthused.  But  soon  a  damper  was  to  come,  as  a 
neighboring  farmer  appeared  on  the  scene  after  a  man  who 
had  been  killing  his  flock  of  tame  turkeys.  Martin  was  very 
much  crestfallen  when  he  learned  the  truth,  and  the  farmer, 
a  very  liberal  man,  presented  Martin  with  the  turkeys  and 
bade  him  "sin  no  more."  But  the  blacksmith  never  heard  the 
last  of  it  from  the  village  boys,  who  teased  him  about  not 
knowing  the  difference  between  a  tame  and  a  wild  turkey. 

THE    LITTLE    BROWN    SCHOOLHOUSE. 

The  old  schoolhouse  standing  on  the  northeast  corner  of 
the  square  at  New  California  is  one  among  the  last  of  the  old 
landmarks  left  in  that  village  of  buildings  erected  more  than 
half  a  century  ago. 

The  house  was  very  substantially  built,  as  was  the  custom 
in  those  early  days,  otherwise  it  would  not  have  stood  intact 
for  three  score  years.  The  frame  is  of  heavy  hewn  oak, 
doors,  windows,  casing,  weather-boarding  and  shingles  walnut, 
all  worked  out  by  hand.  As  you  enter  the  front  door  there 
is  a  small  room  on  the  right  about  twelve  or  fourteen  feet 
square,  used  for  a  hat  and  cloak  room,  and  a  similar  room  on 
the  left,  used  for  election  purposes.  The  main  room  will  seat 
about  seventy-five  persons,  and  was  heated  by  a  big  box-wood 
stove,  standing  in  the  center  of  the  room.  It  is  undoubtedly 
the  oldest  schoolhouse  in  the  county  at  this  date,  and  accord- 
ing to  the  recollection  of  the  "oldest  inhabitants"  it  has  re- 
ceived but  one  coat  of  brown  paint  since  it  was  erected. 

This  house  was  erected  in  ISo'-i  and  the  first  ''Select 
School"  was  taught  by  Llewellyn  B.  Curry  in  the  winter  of 
1582-3. 

By  the  kindness  of  my  two  old  schoolmates,  Robert  Mc- 
Crory  and  R.  L.  Woodburn,  a  photograph  of  the  old  school- 
house,  as  it  now  appears  with  broken  windows  and  weather- 
beaten  by  the  blistering  suns  of  summer  and  the  blasting 
storms  of  more  than  fifty  winters,  was  placed  in  my  hands. 

As  we  look  at  that  photograph,  what  memories  of  the  days 


52  History  of  Jerome  Township 

of  more  than  half  a  century  ago  come  trooping  thick  and  fast, 
some  sweet  memories  and  some  sad.  Sweet  memories,  as  the 
old  song  goes,  of 

"School  days,  school  days. 
Good  old  Golden  Rule  days. 
Reading,  and  writing,  and  'rithmetic. 
Taught  to  the  tune  of  a  hickory  stick.'' 

Pleasant  days  to  think  about  now.  but  not  all  so  pleasant 
when  the  "schoolmaster"  used  the  rod  with  a  heavy  hand,  as 
he  was  wont  to  do  on  frequent  occasions,  but  usually  not 
amiss. 

Then  there  are  the  sad  memories  when  we  recall  the  great 
majority  who.  with  us.  pored  over  the  hard  examples  in  Ray's 
Arithmetic  and  parsed,  with  the  thirty-five  rules  of  the  old 
Kirkham  Grammar,,  Gray's  "Elegy"  and  "Hamlet's  Solilo- 
quy," who  have  crossed  the  dark  river.  Xo  other  period 
in  the  life  of  man  is  so  fraught  with  unalloyed  happiness  as 
the  good  old  school  days. 

The  citizens  of  that  day  who  by  their  enterprise  and  with 
a  view  of  raising  the  standard  of  the  common  schools,  erected 
the  building  have  all  passed  to  their  reward,  but  their  work  has 
borne  good  fruit.  Among  the  many  old  settlers  who  were 
interested  and  assisted  both  by  work  and  contributions  may  be 
named  Jesse  Gill.  John.  Alfred.  Samuel.  David  and  Andrew 
McCampbell.  Samuel  P>.  and  John  \Yoodhurn,  John.  \Vilham, 
Templeton  and  Henry  Liggett.  James  A.  Stcphenson.  Jvobert 
and  John  Curry.  Xelson  Cone.  Jesse  and  David  Mitchell, 
Dixon.  Thomas,  James.  Moderwell  and  Mitchell  Robinson. 
Walter  Gowans.  John  McDowell.  Rev.  I.  X.  Lauhead.  IVrry 
Buck.  Judah  Dodge.  James  and  David  Dort.  Jame  Ketch. 
William  Bigger,  William  Taylor,  Anthonv  Wise.  Elijah.  Jra 
and  Jlenry  Eox.  l.andon  Bishop.  John  Ruehlen  and  John 
Xonnemaker. 

Man}-  other  citizens  in  the  township  whose  names  might 
be  mentioned  were  interested,  but  the  names  given  are  of  the 
old  settlers  within  a  radius  of  two  miles  who  took  an  active 
part  in  this  advanced  movement  in  educational  matters. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  53 

The  building  fund  was  secured  by  private  subscription,  ex- 
cepting $50  donated  by  the  township,  with  the  proviso  that  it 
could  be  used  for  elections  and  township  meetings. 

As  there  was  no  other  public  hall  in  the  village,  it  was  used 
not  only  for  elections,  but  for  all  kinds  of  political,  religious, 
Sunday  School,  singing  schools  and  public  meetings  as  long  as 
it  was  occupied  for  school  purposes  and  served  the  public  well 
for  nearly  half  a  century. 

The  original  idea  in  erecting  the  building  was  for  the  sole 
purpose  of  establishing  a  "Select  School"  where  the  higher 
branches  were  taught  to  prepare  students  for  teaching  or  to 
enter  college.  The  teachers  were,  with  few  exceptions,  college 
graduates,  and  the  branches  taught  included  higher  mathemat- 
ics and  the  languages.  A  literary  society  was  organized  and 
was  continued  from  year  to  year  as  long  as  the  Select  School 
was  kept  up,  which  was  for  a  period  of  about  forty  years  and 
until  a  graded  district  school  was  established  in  the  village. 

The  school  was  largely  attended  and  at  one  time  it  was 
shown  by  the  records  of  certificates  issued  by  the  Board  of 
School  Examiners  that  there  was  a  sufficient  number  of  teach- 
ers in  Jerome  Township  to  supply  all  the  schools  in  the  county. 

Many  young  men  and  women  who  attended  this  school 
received,  through  encouragement  from  these  high-grade  teach- 
ers, their  first  incentive  to  secure  a  collegiate  education.  A 
large  number  of  them  did  enter  college  and  were  graduated 
with  honors  and  are  now  successful  business  or  professional 
men  and  attribute  their  success  largely  to  the  educational  ad- 
vantages in  this  school. 

Among  the  teachers  were  Llewellyn  B.  Curry,  Rev.  I.  N. 
Laughead,  Rev.  Isaac  \Yinters,  Olive  Gill,  David  Cochran, 
Samuel  Graham,  Mr.  Johnson,  Thomas  Evans,  R.  L.  \Yood- 
burn,  George  Ruehlen,  Mr.  McCharahan,  Leroy  Welsh,  James 
Curry,  John  Stockton,  E.  L.  Liggett,  Calvin  Robinson,  David 
H.  Cross  and  J.  W.  Baughman. 

Of  these  teachers  the  following  named  have  died: 
Llewellyn    B.    Curry,    Rev.    I.    X.    Laughead,    Rev.    Isaac 


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\Yinters,  David  Cochran,  Samuel  Graham,  E.  L.  Liggett,  Olive 
Gill  .Mitchell.  Leroy  Welsh,  and  R.  L.  Wocxlburn. 

The  names  and  residences  of  the  survivors  so  far  as  known 
are:  Thomas  Evans,  in  Decatur,  Illinois;  Colonel  George 
Ruehlen,  Quartermaster  U.  S.  Army,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Rev. 
Tames  Curry,  Newark,  California;  Calvin  Robinson,  Harting- 
ton.  Nebraska:  D.  II.  Cross,  Pasco,  Texas,  and  J.  \\'.  Baugh- 
man. 

Of  the  other  named  teachers  the  addresses  are  not  known, 
if  they  still  survive. 

The  descendants  of  the  old  settlers  named  as  taking  an 
active  part  in  organizing  this  school  were  all  pupils  of  the 
school,  numbering  from  three  to  perhaps  six  in  each  family, 
and  in  all  several  hundred  during  the  forty  school  years.  The 
school  term  only  extended  over  the  late  autumn  and  fall 
months  and  did  not  interfere  with  the  public  schools  of  the 
winter,  and  many  of  the  students  taught  country  schools  dur- 
ing the  winter  and  "boarded  around"  among  the  scholars. 

"i  hey  are  now  of  the  third  generation,  counting  from  the 
first  settlers  of  the  county  in  17!i.S.  Many  of  that  generation 
have  reached  the  allotted  age  of  three  score  years  and  ten,  and 
those  who  survive  are  scattered  all  over  the  continent,  from 
the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific. 

Many  pleasant  incidents  are  recalled  of  those  good  old 
days,  and  as  the  classes  of  boys  and  girls  were  about  equally 
divided,  in  the  parlance  of  today  it  would  lie  known  as  a 
Co-ed  School. 

A  beautiful  woods  of  sugar  and  other  forest  trees,  the 
property  of  lames  A.  Currv.  adjoined  the  schoolhouse  lot. 
This  was  the  favorite  trvsting  place  of  the  bovs  and  girls  rang- 
ing from  1  (I  to  1>  years  of  age.  At  the  noon  hour  manv  of 
these  pupfis  could  be  seen  walking  under  the  shade  of  the 
grand  old  forest  trees  and  perhaps  late  in  the  fall  gathering 
hickory-nuts,  which  were  usual! v  in  abundance.  Xo  doubt 
some  of  these  joyous-hearted  girls  and  boys,  as  thev  strolled 
along  the  shady  paths,  or,  seated  on  the  trunk  of  a  fallen  tree, 
plighted  their  friendship  —  perhaps  love  —  talked  not  only 


History  of  Jerome  Township  55 

of  the  present  but  of  the  future.  Can  any  of  the  old  pupils, 
whose  hair  may  now  be  sprinkled  with  the  gray  tints  of  the 
autumn  of  life,  recall  such  a  scene?  Some  of  these  joyous 
hopes  were  destined  to  be  rudely  broken  by  the  cruel  fate  of 
war.  Family  ties  were  to  be  severed ;  sad  hearts  of  mothers, 
sisters  and  sweethearts  were  to  linger  prayerfully  in  the  old 
farmhouses  along  "Sugar  Run"  waiting  for  the  loved  ones 
who  would  never  return. 

The  fall  term  of  1860  ended  the  school  days  of  many  of 
those  farmer  boys  forever,  and  they  were  to  play  an  important 
part  in  that  great  drama  of  Civil  War. 

Already  the  bark  of  the  war  dogs  could  be  heard  sounding 
nearer  and  nearer. 

The  writer,  with  several  other  students  who  had  attended 
this  "Select  School,"  had  just  entered  upon  a  college  course 
at  Otterbein  University,  but  in  the  spring  of  1861  our  books 
were  packed,  and  so  ended  our  school  days  for  all  time. 

NEW  CALIFORNIA  SCHOOLS  OF  TODAY. 

The  school  building  is  a  substantial  frame  erected  about 
three  years  ago,  with  five  rooms  and  thoroughly  modern,  with 
all  conveniences  for  the  comfort  of  the  pupils.  To  those  of 
us  who  were  pupils  here  almost  three-score  years  ago,  it  is  a 
great  pleasure  to  witness  the  marked  progress  in  educational 
facilities,  although  the  school  here  at  that  early  dale  was  con 
sidered  among  the  best  in  the  county.  The  erection  of  the 
old  frame  schoolhouse  which  still  stands  on  the  corner  of  the 
square,  marked  the  first  advance  in  higher  education  in  this 
community.  While  all  the  old  families  of  enterprising  and 
Christian  citizenship  who  first  inaugurated  this  movement  have 
passed  away,  still  their  descendants  have  kept  up  their  interest 
in  education  matters,  and  it  is  pleasing  to  note  that  some  of 
them  are  now  members  of  the  School  Hoard  and  join  hand  in 
hand  with  the  newcomers  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  good 
citizenship. 

Professor  J.  B.  Hughes  is  the  present  Superintendent, 
assisted  by  a  corps  of  competent  teachers,  all  of  whom  rank 


56  History  of  Jerome  Township 

among  the  best  qualified  teachers  of  the  county:  Mr.  Henry 
Stewart,  Principal;  Miss  Margaret  Strapp  and  Miss  Ada  May, 
Primary  Department;  Miss  Leo  D.  \Yise.  Intermediate:  Miss 
Lelon  Xeill,  Grammar;  Miss  Xora  Mulcahy.  Assistant  High 
School  Principal.  The  grand  total  of  pupils  in  attendance  is 
IDG;  graduates  in  1913,  10;  and  39  pupils  in  the  different 
grades  in  High  School,  with  three  courses:  Latin,  English,  and 
Commercial,  all  adapted  to  the  needs  of  pupils  who  aspire  to 
a  college  or  university  course. 

The  Board  of  Education  is  now  planning  to  erect  a  high 
school  building  of  four  rooms  during  the  ensuing  year.  The 
following  named  progressive  citizens  compose  the  Board  of 
Education  at  this  time:  ].  \Y.  Mitchell,  ].  M.  Currv,  G.  \Y. 
Carson,  John  Gugle,  John  McKittrick,  Dr.  \Y.  C.  Vigor 
(Clerk),  Grant  E.  Herriott  (Treasurer).  Under  the  manage- 
ment of  this  board,  with  Professor  Hughes  and  the  competent 
teachers,  this  school  holds  an  enviable  place  among  the  schools 
of  the  county  and  in  all  matters  connected  with  the  school  in 
its  onward  progress  the  citizens  of  the  community  take  a  great 
pride. 

With  comfortable  covered  conveyances  in  which  all  the 
pupils  are  carried  from  their  homes  and  returned  safely,  it  is 
certainly  a  joy  to  be  permitted  to  attend  such  a  school,  as  com- 
pared with  the  conditions  fifty  years  ago.  when  the  pupils  were 
compelled  to  wade  through  mud  or  snow  up  to  their  knees  in 
the  winter  season,  and  but  few  comforts  and  conveniences  in 
the  schoolhouses. 

\Vhat  a  transformation!  Only  two  centralized  schools  in 
the  township  at  this  time,  and  before  the  system  was  changed 
at  lea>t  ten  district.  Graduation  from  these  high  schools  pre- 
pares the  fanner  boy  lor  business  or  entry  into  college. 

(  )i  the  man\-  school-teachers  of  Jerome  Township  of  con- 
tinuous service  for  a  long  period.  (.'.  L.  Curry  is  no  doubt  en- 
titled to  the  credit  and  stands  at  the  head  of  the  list.  He 
taught  every  year  from  the  winter  of  iMi^  to  l>si  inclusive, 
a  period  of  seventeen  years,  with  no  interval  —  a  total  of  nine- 
teen terms,  or  seventy  months. 


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History  of  Jerome  Township  57 

Olive  Gill,  Emma  and  Sophia  Dodge,  Nancy  AlcCampbell 
and  many  other  teachers  of  long  service  might  be  named. 

Mr.  Curry  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  educational 
matters,  not  only  in  the  township,  but  in  the  county  and  State, 
and  still  keeps  up  his  interest  and  is  always  ready  to  lend  a 
helping  hand  for  advancement  along  progressive  lines  in  the 
public  schools. 

THE   VILLAGE    OF   ARNOLD. 

The  village  of  Arnold  is  located  on  the  Toledo  and  Ohio 
Central  Railroad  at  the  crossing  of  the  gravel  road  leading 
from  Plain  City  to  New  California. 

The  railway  station  was  located  and  the  village  platted 
on  the  land  of  Airs.  George  Arnold,  for  whom  the  town  is 
named,  in  the  fall  of  1S93.  The  station  was  first  named  New 
California,  until  application  was  made  for  a  postoffice,  and 
the  name  was  then  changed,  as  there  was  a  postoffice  at  New 
California. 

Mr.  James  Arnold,  who  established  the  first  grocery  in 
the  village,  was  appointed  Postmaster.  He  discontinued  busi- 
ness and  the  office  was  abandoned.  Fred  Smith  was  com- 
missioned Postmaster  in  1890,  but  never  performed  the  duties, 
as  he  sold  his  business  just  at  the  time  his  commission  arrived. 
Mrs.  Carrie  Fleck  was  then  appointed  to  the  position,  and  she, 
with  her  husband.  Perry  Fleck,  established  a  general  store  in 
the  village  in  the  fall  of  1.890. 

Mrs.  Fleck  continued  as  Postmistress  until  the  office  was 
discontinued.  March  1st.  1910,  by  reason  of  establishing  free 
mail  delivery,  and  mail  is  now  received  from  Plain  City,  R. 
R.  No.  '•>.  Air.  and  Airs.  Fleck  have  built  up  a  good  trade  in 
groceries  and  dry  goods,  and  deal  largely  in  produce  by  having 
a  wagon  run  on  a  number  of  routes  through  the  country,  and 
deliver  their  produce  in  Columbus  every  week. 

There  is  one  grocery,  of  which  J.  \Y.  Cunningham  is  pro- 
prietor ;  an  ax-handle  factory,  and  two  warehouses,  both 
owned  by  J.  R.  Herriott,  at  the  Station.  Quite  a  large  amount 
of  goods — coal  and  other  freight — is  received  at  the  Station, 

5 


58  Hist(ir\'  of  Jerome  Township 

and  a  great  deal  of  timber  and  sawed  lumber  is  shipped  from 
this  point.  There  are  twenty- four  dwelling  houses  and  the 
village  has  a  population  of  about  one  hundred,  the  children 
attending  the  Central  School  at  New  California. 

JEROME       TOWNSHIP       CITIZENS       WHO       HAVE 

SERVED     AS     STATE.     COUNTY,     AND 

TOWNSHIP    OFFICIALS. 

Four  Jerome  Township  citizens  have  served  as  members  of 
the  (  )hio  Legislature. 

James  Curry  represented  the  counties  of  Delaware  and 
Madison  before  Union  County  was  organized,  for  the  years 
1815,  1M3.  1SH.  1*15:  also  for  the  years  1MH.  ls5<>.  and  was 
a  member  of  the  Legislature  when  the  law  was  enacted  for 
the  erection  of  Union  County,  so  named  as  territoiy  was 
taken  from  the  counties  of  Delaware,  Franklin,  Logan  and 
Madison. 

Otway  Curry  represented  the  counties  of  Crawford,  Ma- 
rion and  Union  in  ]S3T  and  ISoS. 

Robert  L.  Woodburn  represented  Union  County  in  100-1- 
HHlS. 

diaries  I).  I'rown  was  elected  in  li'1'2  and  is  the  present 
Representative. 

C(  >UNTY  OFFICERS. 

ASSi  iCIATI-:    J  UXIE 

J ames  Curry  1  S'25-l ,^\' ^ 

I'KoKATK   J  L'DGES 

lame-   McCampbell - !>!»  l-l'.Hiu 

1  )udley    L.    Thornton 1  '.»<><;-  1  !>  1  -'5 

I'Ki  (SEC'l'TI  \<;    ATT<  )KM-:\  S 

(  Hway   C'urry lS}S-ls5:j 

Knbert   L.   \\"oodburn 1ST7-1MS1 

COI'NTY    TKEASUKEK 

\\'illiam    M.    Liggett ls;j»-lS8:3 

Cur. NTS'    AI'DITfiKS 

Clark   Provin   IS2l-1s?:J 

\V.    L.   Currv....  ...  I  >;.Vl  >>-.' 


History  of  Jerome  Township 


59 


CLERK    OF    THE    COURT 

Robert  McCrory  1888-1892 

COUNTY    RECORDER 

Edward  II.  Hatton 1905-1911 

SHERIFF 

Tames  Ewing  182 3-182 8 

Charles  M.  Robinson 1 862-1861 

J.    Ed.    Robinson 1896-1900 

COUNTY    COMMISSIONERS 

Jesse    Gill    1811 

Nelson    Cone    1853 

John   K.    Dodge 1878 

TOWNSHIP  OFFICIALS. 

JUSTICES   OF   THE    PEACE 

Clark   Provin   1821      Perry    Buck    1854 

John  McCune  1823      Templeton    Liggett   1855 

James   Ewing  1821      I.    N.    Wells 1851? 

James    Buck   1825      James  Ketch  1856 

Henry    Sager   Is27      Samuel  B.  Woodburn 1858 

James   Buck   1828      I.    N.    Wells 1858 

William    Long   1832      James    Ketch 1859 

John    McCampbell 1831       1.    N.    Wells 1867 

Caleb   Converse   1838      S.   B.   Woodburn 1867 

S.    Snodgrass   1839      Nelson    Cone    1869 

Thomas   Wason  1839      S.   B.   Woodburn 1870 

Thomas   M.   Ewing 1S11       S.  W.  H.  Durboraw 1870 

Thomas   Mason   1842      Nelson    Cone    1873 

Joseph    Button   1812       S.   B.   Woodburn 1873 

Thomas   M.   Ewing is  11       S.  W.  H.  Durboraw 1813 

Perry  Buck  ISIS      J.  I'.   McDowell 1875 

Kilbourn   Beach  181S      James    Ketch    1876 

James  B.  Dort 1850      S.  \V.   1 1.  Durboraw 1876 

Thomas   M.   Ewuig 1850      James  Robinson  1878 

Perry    Buck    1851       Nelson  Cone  1879 

I.    N.    Wells 1852      Robert   McCrory  1879 

Leroy    F.    Ilager 1S53  Perry    Buck    .                  .  1882 


GO 


Hist<>>'\'  cf  Jc 


Robert    McCrory   

J.  P.   McDowell'..... 
Benjamin   \\  .    Fvan.- 

T.    P.    McDowell 

Robert     McCrory    

II.   S.   Gillespie 1SS7-90 

William    Stone   Is.^^-Hl 

II.    S.   (;illes})ie 1S90-93 

Benjamin   \Y.   Evans...lS91-9  ] 

William    11.    Stone IS!)  1-1)1 

J.    P.    McDowell IS!)  1-1)1 

R.    S.    Fry 1894-97 

S.  \V.    1 1.   Durbonuv...lS94-9; 


J.    P,    McDowell 1S94-97 

R.    S.    Fry....  ....1S97-1900 

Samuel    L.    Xeil ls:i;-19oo 

J.    P.    McDowell 1S!)7-1900 

J.   P.    McDowell 1900-03 

R.    S.    Fry 1  900-03 

Henry  Brobeck l«)ol-04 

J.    P.    McDowell 1903-06 

D.    J.    Landaker liiii.Vos 

J.    P.   McDowell 19ofi-o9 

J.    1'.    McDowell 190S-12 

Pearl    11  viand    15)10-]  I 

I.    P.    McDowell 1912-16 


1.  P.  McDowell  has  served  manv  years  longer  than  any 
other  Justice  of  the  Peace  —  a  period  of  thirty-three  years, 
should  he  be  spared  to  serve  out  his  present  term. 

TOWNSHIP    OFFICIALS—  1913. 

TKI'STKES — George  Grewell.  J.  J.  Mayberry.  C.  L.  Koerncr. 

TOWNSHIP  TKK. XSTRKK — Grant   E.   Ilerriott. 

TOWNSHIP  CI.KKK — \Y.  C.   Vigor. 

All  of  the  township  officials  were  very  much  interested  in 
the  Soldiers'  Monument,  and  rendered  efficient  service  in  the 
erection  and  dedication  of  the  monument. 

'fhe  number  of  votes  cast  in  the  township)  at  the  election 
in  November.  1912.  was  11.'),  and  the  total  population,  as  near 
as  can  be  ascertained,  is  2.2oo.  an  increase  of  2125  since  the 
organization  of  the  township  in  the  year  1  >2  1 . 

DEDICATION  oF  SOLDIERS'  MONUMENT. 
Services  were  held  May  .'!".  1913.  in  the  old  United  Presby- 
teran    Church,   where   the    first    war   meeting   was   held    April 
2  1th,.    1MJ1. 

1-ollov,  ing  is  the  program  of  exercises   for  the  day: 

Hon.  [.L.Cameron President  of  the  Day 

S<  nig — America. 

Invocation Rev.    fames    Curry 

Introducing  President  of  the  Dav Thomas  J.  Dodge 


History  of  Jerome  Township  61 

Song,  ''The  Little  White  Church  in  the  Wildwood," 
School  Children. 

Address  Hon.  Frank  13.  Willis 

Song,  "Battle  Hymn  of  the  Republic" School  Children 

Flag  Drill Twelve  Little   Girls 

Recitation,  "The  Loyal  Legion" Miss  Mary  Gill 

Marshal  of  the  Day George  C.  Edwards 

Aid Prof.  Homer  E.  Cahall 

Aid Xey   Fleck 

PARADE. 

Marysville  Drum  Corps. 

Soldiers. 

School   Children. 

March  to  the  Monument. 

Song,  "Columbia  the  Gem  of  the  Ocean" School  Children 

Unveiling  of  Monument — By  Children 

Ruth  Woodburn  Sharer,  Mabel  Kahler,  \Yill  Thompson, 

William  Curry  J cannot. 

Historical  Address Colonel  W.  L.  Curry 

Presentation    of   deed   to    Township    Trustees    by    Monument 

Committee. 

Response  on  behalf  of  Trustees  and  Citizens  of  the  Town- 
ship accepting  the  Monument Hon.  Charles  D.  Brown 

Song.  "Star-Spangled  Banner" School  Children 

Doxology. 

Benediction Rev.  John  Gordon 

Decorating  Graves. 

COMMITTEES. 

General  Committee. 

C.   L.   Curry  David   Wise  Joseph  Kahler 

G.   E.   Hcrriott          Arthur  Collier  [asper  Converse 

T.   J.    Dodge  J.   C.   Collier  Delmore    Snodgrass 

S.   II.   Carson  J.   P.   McDowell       Robert  McCrory 

George  C.  Edwards. 

Music. 
Prof.  J.  B.  Hughes  Airs.  Dell  McCampbell 


62  History  of  Jerome  J^o 

Mrs.  \V.  C.  Vigor  Rutli  Evans  Jesse  Mitchell 

Mrs.  William  Fry. 

Decoration. 
Dr.  \V.  C.  Vigor  San  ford  Stewart  Andrew  Gill 

Malcolm  McCampbell  Mrs.  Ed.  Hinderer 

Harrold  Fry  Mrs.  J.   M.   Curry  Mrs.  T.  R.  Dodge 

Flowers. 

Mary  Hooper  Alice  Ish  Mrs.  Walker  Carson 

Maggie  Patch  Emma  Comstock  Helen  Fry 

Bernice  McDowell  Hazel  Herriott. 

Flag  Drill. 

Leo  Wise  May  Williams  Cecil  Dodge  Alma  Hopper 
On  the  four  sides  of  the  Monument,  just  above  the  founda- 
tion, are  the  names  of  battles  of  Gettysburg,  Chickamauga, 
Vicksburg.  and  Appomattax.  On  the  four  large  dies  are  the 
names  of  the  soldiers.  On  the  two  upper  dies  are  two  in- 
scriptions : 

isiii  OUR  JEROME  TOWNSHIP  HEROES.  1913 

In  honor  of  the  men  who  served  in  the  Army  of  the  Union. 

Those  who  fought  and  lived  and  those  who  fought  and  died. 

Mav  this  shaft  ever  call  to  memory  the  story  of  the  glory  of 

*  •/  ^  Q  J 

the  men  who  wore  the  Blue. 

Bright  upon  historic  page, 

Enrolled  their  names  shall  ever  shine. 
With  peerless  luster,  age  on  age, 

Through  bright'ning  realm  of  coming  time. 
Portrait  of   Lincoln  is  on  one  of  the  dies,  and  the  names 
of  soldiers  on  the  remaining  one. 

The  committee  ha-  secured  from  Fort  Monroe,  Ya.,  a 
-iege  gun  1"  feet  •">  inches  long,  weighing  lii.non  pounds,  and 
eighty  >-inch  shells.  These  are  to  be  placed  on  the  monu- 
ment lot  nnd  around  the  lot  will  be  erected  an  iron  fence. 
The.  lot  and  Monument  have  been  deeded  to  the  Trustees  of 
Jerome  Town-hip,  and  will  be  carefully  preserved  as  a  sacred 
trust  for  all  time. 

An  interesting  account  of  the-  services  of  unveiling  and  the 


History  of  Jerome  Township  63 

dedication  of  the  Monument  was  published  in  the  Marysville 
Tribune,  from  which  the  following  extracts  are  taken : 

"Jerome  Township's  enduring  tribute  to  its  soldier  dead, 
a  monument  of  White  Bronze,  costing  $1,500,  was  dedicated 
Memorial  Day,  with  exercises  of  a  particularly  fitting  nature. 

"Practically  all  of  the  citizens  of  the  township,  and  many 
from  the  adjoining  neighborhoods,  were  gathered  at  New 
California  to  witness  the  unveiling  of  the  beautiful  shaft,  and 
participate  in  the  program  of  dedicating  the  memorial  to  fu- 
ture generations. 

"Distinguished  sons  of  the  township  who  have  spent  their 
later  years  in  other  localities  were  present  in  large  numbers  to 
join  in  this  memorial  and  loving  devotion  to  the  comrades 
and  associates  of  their  boyhood  days,  also  to  decorate  the 
graves  of  comrades  who  lie  buried  in  the  peaceful  and  quiet 
little  cemetery — 

"Under  the  sod  and  the  dew, 
Waiting  the  judgment  day, 

and  to  renew  on  this  hallowred  soil  of  their  youth  the  many 
friendships  that  have  been  left  uncultivated,  but  not  forgotten, 
through  years  of  separation  and  absence  from  the  old-time 
scenes. 

"The  Monument  at  New  California  is  a  magnificent  shaft 
of  white  bronze,  21  feet  -i  inches  high,  with  an  heroic  figure 
of  an  infantryman  at  the  summit.  In  addition  to  bearing  the 
names  of  -100  Jerome  Township  soldiers,  cast  on  the  monu- 
ment, inside  the  base  of  the  shaft  are  the  following  historical 
papers:  Roster  of  all  soldiers  who  enlisted  from  Jerome 
Township;  names  of  committee  which  had  charge  of  its  erec- 
tion ;  photographs  of  sixty  Civil  War  veterans ;  names  of 
school  children  of  the  township  ;  names  of  subscribers  to  the 
Monument  Fund  ;  copies  of  songs  sung  by  the  school  children 
at  the  dedication,  with  program  of  the  ceremonies." 

Extract  from  a  letter  published  in  the  Tribune,  signed 
"L.  A.  D."  from  New  California,  is  quite  interesting  and  ap- 
propriate : 

"The  patriotic  people  of  Jerome  Township  crowded  the 


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high-pressure  mark  on  Decoration  Dav.  The  occasion  was 
the  unveiling  of  a  monument  at  New  California  in  memory 
and  recognition  of  the  sacntices  and  heroism  of  her  brave 
soldier  hoys  from  the  Revolution  down  to  and  including  the 
Spanish -American  \Yar. 

"Decoration  Day  dawned  bright  and  warm,  and  long  he- 
fore  the  hour  for  the  unveiling  exercises  the  streets  of  the 
little  village  were  tilled  with  people  from  all  quarters,  includ- 
ing Marysville.  Plain  City,  and  some  far-distant  points. 

"Xew  California  had  never  had  so  large  a  gathering  on  its 
hands  and  was  completely  taken  by  surprise." 

HISTORICAL   ADDRESS    DELIVERED   AT   THE    UX- 

YEILIXG  OF  JEROME  SOLDIERS'   MOXU- 

MEXT  BY  COLOXEL  \V.  L.  CURRY. 

"The  citizens  of  this  township  may  well  take  a  just  pride 
in  the  history  of  its  citizenship,  both  civil,  military,  and  re- 
ligious, from  the  first  settlement  one  hundred  and  fifteen  years 
ago.  To  this  township  belongs  the  credit  of  having  the  first 
white  settlers  within  the  territory  now  composing  Union  county. 
'1  he  first  cabin  was  erected  bv  Joshua  and  lames  Kwmg  on 
tlie  west  bank  of  Darbv  (/reek,  one  mile  from  Plain  City,  in 
the  year  1 1!IS. 

'A  ou  have  assembled  todav  on  historic  ground.  This,  land, 
known  as  the  Virginia  Military  District,  was  ceded  b\  the 
State  of  \irginia  to  the  L'nited  States,  \\ith  the  stipulation 
that  it  was  to  be  given  to  her  soldiers  for  services  rendered 
during  the  War  of  the  Revolution. 

"The  patent  for  the  land  on  which  you  stand  todav  was 
signed  by  President  Andrew  lackson  in  favor  of  a  soldier  of 
tb.e  Revolution. 

"\\hen  the  \\  ar  of  l^l'l  was  declared,  almo-t  every  man 
then  a  c;ti/cii  ot  the  towiishi])  between  the  ages  of  '„'  1  and  ."io 
served  in  -ome  capacitv  during  the  war.  and  names  of  eleven 

Note.-  A  p'dgc  or  two  of  this  address  was  copied  from  the  town- 
ship history  appearing:  in  this  volume,  therefore  published  in  dupli- 
cate, as  it  could  not  be  abbreviated  without  marring  tl;e  historical 
connection. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  65 

of  these  soldiers  are  engraved  on  this  monument.  A  company 
was  organized  at  Plain  City,  largely  recruited  from  Jerome 
Township.  The  Captain  of  the  company  was  Jonathan  Alder, 
who  had  been  a  captive  among  the  Indians  for  many  years. 
This  company  marched  by  order  of  the  Governor  to  a  point 
about  three  miles  north  of  Marysville,  where  they  erected  a 
blockhouse  on  the  west  bank  of  Mill  Creek,  which  they  gar- 
risoned for  a  short  time.  This  was  done  for  the  protection 
of  the  settlers  along  Darby  Creek  and  Sugar  Run. 

"Captain  Alder,  who  had  lived  among  the  Indians  for 
many  years  and  knew  their  mode  of  warfare,  claimed  that 
they  \vould  not  attack  the  blockhouse  but  would  murder  the 
women  and  children  in  the  settlements.  Therefore,  on  his 
advice  the  company  returned  to  their  homes.  This  is  the  only 
fort  erected  within  the  territory  of  Union  County.  No  attack 
was  made  on  the  settlers  during  that  war,  but  there  were  many 
alarms  and  the  women  and  children  who  were  left  without 
protection  were  kept  in  constant  fear  of  an  outbreak,  as  visits 
were  made  to  the  settlements  frequently  by  roving  bands  of 
Indians  who  claimed  to  be  friendly. 

"How  appropriate  it  is  that  this  beautiful  and  substantial 
monument  should  be  erected  on  this  spot  of  sacred  memory- 
erected  on  land  given  to  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution  for  his 
services  in  fighting  for  liberty  during  that  war  and  to  perpetu- 
ate the  memory  of  the  heroic  deeds  of  our  ancestors.  Also 
in  memory  of  their  sons  in  the  War  of  1S12,  who  protected 
the  land  so  dearly  bought,  as  well  as  the  soldiers  of  the  war 
with  Mexico,  the  soldiers  of  the  Civil  War,  who  saved  the 
government  established  by  their  forefathers,  and  the  soldiers 
of  the  war  with  Spain,  who  fought  to  free  an  oppressed  people. 
All  worthy  sons  of  worthv  sires.  Your  ancestors  of  the  Revo- 
lution, the  War  of  ISl^,  the  Civil  War,  and  of  all  our  wars, 
have  left  you  a  noble  heritage  of  a  Republic  founded  and  per- 
petuated by  their  valor. 

"The  story  of  the  inception,  the  progress  and  the  comple- 
tion of  this  monument  which  you  dedicate  today,  is  OIK  of 
patriotic  service  by  the  citizens  not  only  residing  in  this  com- 


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munitv,  but  of  many  friends  and  relatives  of  these  soldiers 
residing  in  other  States  who  have  given  substantial  assistance. 
"To  Robert  L.  \Yoodburn.  whose  generous  bequest  made  it 
possible  to  erect  this  memorial,  is  due  the  credit  in  a  larger 
degree  than  to  any  other  person.  He  was  born  and  his  boy- 
hood days  were  passed  within  sight  of  this  spot.  His  early 
school  days  in  the  old  log  schoolhouse  in  the  woods,  and  next 
in  the  Little  Brown  Schoolhouse  still  standing  yonder,  a  silent 
witness  of  this  scene.  Graduating  at  \Yesleyan  College.  Dela- 
ware, as  is  well  known,  he  became  a  successful  lawyer  and 
business  man,  and  represented  the  county  in  the  State  Legis- 
lature with  credit.  His  many  generous  deeds  arc  well  remem- 
bered, but  it  was  not  that  charity  paraded  before  the  world, 
but  the  true  charity  when  'the  left  hand  knoweth  not  what 
the  right  hand  doeth.' 

"During  all  of  his  busy  life  he  never  tired  of  talking  of  the 
old  home,  old  associates,  and  school  days.  A  few  years  ago, 
in  conversation  with  Robert  McCrory  and  myself,  he  sug- 
gested that  he  would  be  pleased  if  I  would  write  a  brief  history 
of  the  services  of  the  soldiers  who  enlisted  from  the  township, 
while  >ome  of  the  old  landmarks  and  buildings  were  still 
standing.  It  was  then  agreed  that  they  would  have  photo- 
graphs of  the  old  church  and  the  old  schoolhouse  taken,  and  I 
was  assigned  to  the  historical  part  of  the  work.  The  erection 
of  a  monument  was  taken  up  for  consideration  after  the  his- 
torical work  had  been  commenced. 

"In  due  time  the  photographs  were  produced  and  fn.m  that 
day,  some  four  years  ago.  I  have  been  endeavoring  to  fulfill 
my  part  of  the  contract.  Before  starting  on  hi-;  Kuropean 
tour  Mr.  \Yoodbtirn  visited  me  and  stated  that  he  had  left  a 
bequest  in  hi-  will  for  this  memorial.  I  never  saw  him  in  life 
again,  but  he  was  true  to  his  promise,  and  with  the  enthusiastic 
support  of  the  citizens  and  zealous  work  ot  your  committee. 
you  see  before  you  the  result  of  their  laudable  efforts. 

"To  -ecure  subscriptions  and  to  look-  alter  all  the  details 
lead'ng  up  to  {}}(•  completion  and  erection  of  this  memorial  has 
been  no  ea>v  ta-k.  'I  he  committee  has  worked  untiringlv  and 


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the  patriotic  citizens  have  responded  cheerfully  and  generously 
to  every  call  financially  and  by  helpful  assistance  in  arranging 
for  this  patriotic  service. 

"In  the  sealed  receptacle  inside  of  the  monument  is  de- 
posited the  name  and  service  of  every  soldier  who  enlisted 
from  the  township,  the  name  of  every  subscriber  to  the  Monu- 
ment Fund,  the  names  of  the  school  children  of  the  township, 
photographs  of  upward  of  sixty  soldiers  of  the  Civil  War,  a 
copy  of  the  program  of  the  day,  with  songs,  and  the  names  of 
the  committees  who  have  had  charge  of  all  matters  pertaining 
to  the  erection  of  the  monument. 

"You  all  have  an  interest  in  this  memorial,  and  some  day 
in  the  far  future,  perhaps  one  hundred  years  hence,  this  re- 
ceptacle will  be  unsealed  and  your  names  will  be  read  by  your 
decendants. 

"Fifty-two  years  ago — April  24,  1861 — the  first  war  meet- 
ing was  held  in  this  church,  and  the  older  citizens,  Presbyteri- 
ans and  Methodists,  were  prominent  in  this  meeting.  Rev.  B. 
D.  Evans,  a  Presbyterian  minister,  made  an  enthusiastic  patri- 
otic speech,  and  although  three-score  years  of  age,  he  after- 
ward enlisted  as  one  of  the  minute  men  and  went  to  Cincinnati 
to  assist  in  repelling  the  invasion  of  the  Confederate  army 
into  Ohio. 

"The  Bible  and  the  munitions  of  war  were  side  by  side  on 
the  old  pulpit.  Much  enthusiasm  was  manifested,  and  David 
().  Taylor,  the  first  to  enlist,  was  killed  on  the  battlefield  at 
Dallas,  Ga.,  on  the  27th  of  May,  1864. 

"Dr.  James  Cutler,  a  young  physician  of  this  village  who 
had  served  in  the  Regular  Army  during  the  Mexican  war,  was 
elected  Captain  of  the  company.  The  company  commenced  at 
once  to  drill  in  the  fields  and  meadows  surrounding  this  village, 
and  the  shrill  fife  and  the  rattling  drum  were  heard  two  or 
three  times  each  week. 

"The  busy  hands  of  mothers  and  sisters  in  a  few  days  fur- 
nished the  first  uniforms,  consisting  of  red  jackets  and  black 
caps.  Young  ladies  of  the  neighborhood  purchased  silk  in 
Columbus  and  made  a  large  silk  flag  which  was  presented  to 


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the  company  down  on  the  square  July  -1,  iMil.  Before  the 
company  was  recruited  to  the  required  number  a  call  was  made 
for  three  years'  service  and  this  company  did  not  enter  the 
field  as  an  organization,  yet  every  one  of  them  enlisted  in  the 
three  years'  service  in  many  different  regiments. 

"These  boys  marched  gayly  away  to  the  wild  music  of  war- 
drums,  the  blare  of  trumpets,  with  bright  banners  and  uni- 
forms, fathers,  mothers,  sisters  and  brothers  cheering  them 
on  ;  but  they  did  not  all  return.  Three-score  and  ten  of  your 
boys  sleep  on  the  battlefields  of  the  South.  Those  who  did 
return,  came  with  banners  blackened  with  the  smoke  of  battle, 
faded  uniforms,  and  sun-bronzed  heroes  of  many  battles. 
They  served  in  forty-two  different  regiments,  batteries,  and 
other  organizations. 

"Some  of  your  boys,  my  fellow  citizens,  fought  on  almost 
every  great  battlefield  of  the  war.  They  were  at  Gettysburg, 
where  11. i Kin  boys  of  the  North  and  South  fell  in  two  days; 
they  were  at  Chickamauga,  where  O.">.IHIII  boys  fell  in  two 
day-:  thev  were  at  Shiloh.  Stone  River,  Cheat  Mountain,  Port 
Republic,  Antietam.  \  icksburg.  and  manv  of  the  battlefields 
of  \  irginia  :  thev  were  in  the  'One  Hundred  1  )avs  tinder  tire 
from  Chattanooga  to  Atlanta':  some  of  them  marched  with 
Sherman  to  the  sea,  and  others  were  at  Appomattox  at  the 
surrender  of  Lee's  army.  Thi-  is  the  true  story  of  the  serv- 
ices of  the  soldiers  of  this  township  to  whom  vou  pay  tribute 
today  bv  this  ceremony  of  dedicating  this  monument  and  the 
strewing  of  flowers. 

"Three  -core  and  ten  died  for  you  and  me  that   we  might 

live  and  enjov  the  manv  blessings  of  a  free  and  united  nation. 

I   p\\ard  of  -Mil MMIIHI  soldiers  served  in  the   Union  Army 

during  the  Civil  \\  ar.    <  )f  that  number  (  >hio  furnished  ;>].'5.lSt), 

and    the   losses,    killed    and   those    who   died   of    wound-,   were 

:]•"). -llo       1.  nion    (  ountv   sent   to   the  battlefield   .'l.niiu   soldiers. 

one-tenth  of  whom  enlisted  in  this  township.      Upward  of  ."><i(i 

enlisted   from  the  countv  were  killed  or  died  of  wounds 

and  di-ea-e  in  the  service,  and  the  total  casualties  were   i,11'!-"). 


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About  one-eighth  of  that  number  were  from  Jerome  Town- 
ship. 

"We  had  no  officers  of  high  rank  in  the  Civil  V\"ar.  One 
reached  the  rank  of  Colonel,  one  Major,  live  of  Captain,  but 
the  rank  and  file  who  carried  the  musket,  the  carbine  and  knap- 
sack did  the  fighting  and  won  the  battles  that  saved  the  nation. 

"The  erection  of  monuments  and  memorials  to  commemo- 
rate the  sacrifices,  sufferings  and  deeds  of  the  fallen  heroes  of 
all  our  wars  is  very  commendable.  How  appropriate  the  in- 
scription on  your  monument,  which  reads  as  follows : 

'  '/;/  honor  of  the  men  who  so-red  in  the  Army  of 
the  Union.  Those  who  fought  and  lircd  and  those 
who  fought  and  died.  May  this  shaft  ever  call  to 
memory  the  story  of  the  glorv  of  the  men  who  wore 
the  blue.' 

"This  inscription  should  be  memorized  by  every  pupil  in 
your  schools,  for  the  erection  of  memorials  arouses  the  patri- 
otic enthusiasm  of  the  youth  of  our  land  and  instills  in  their 
minds  loyalty  to  our  flag  and  all  that  it  implies. 

"The  public  school  is  the  nursery  of  patriotism.  Its  best 
fruits  are  true  Americans  and  the  making  of  loyal  and  intelli- 
gent citizens.  Then  how  appropriate  it  is  that  they  should 
take  part  in  these  patriotic  ceremonies.  It  will  be  an  ominous 
day  in  the  history  of  any  family  when  it  no  longer  remembers 
with  gratitude  the  worthy  deeds  of  its  ancestors,  and  there  is 
no  cause,  except  religion,  holier  than  the  service  to  country  or 
state. 

"First  comes  the  cross,  then  the  flag,  for  Christianity  and 
patriotism  go  hand  in  hand. 

"One  word  more,  my  old  neighbors  and  friends:  always 
keep  in  mind  and  teach  your  children  that  this  is  the  most 
sacred  and  pathetic  of  all  American  holidays  ;  let  it  not  become 
a  clay  of  noise  and  a  gala  day.  Remember  the  religious  senti- 
ment of  honoring  the  dead  and  perpetuating  their  deeds  of 
valor  in  the  beautiful  ceremonies  which  make  the  day  more 
sacred  and  nobler  than  any  other  holiday. 

"In  the  'brave  days  of  old'  each  year  on  the  anniversary 


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of  the  battle  of  Marathon,  the  Greek  sires  would  take  their 
boys  to  the  battlefield  of  Marathon,  show  them  the  monument 
erected  to  the  heroes  who  there  fell  in  defense  of  their  land, 
and  exalt  the  example  of  those  who  sacrificed  life  and  limb 
for  their  country. 

"So  should  we,  the  friends  and  descendants  of  these  brave 
men  and  heroes  of  all  our  wars,  from  Lexington  in  the  War 
of  the  Revolution  to  Appomattox,  kindle  the  fires  of  patriot- 
ism in  our  boys  by  holding  up  to  them  the  imperishable  deeds 
of  our  soldiers  on  all  of  our  battlefields. 

"My  fellow  citizens,  when  the  last  survivor  who  enlisted 
here  has  answered  his  last  roll  call  on  earth,  we  can  see  with 
prophetic  eye  the  descendants  of  these  heroes  gathered  about 
this  monument,  reciting  to  their  children  and  children's  chil- 
dren the  heroic  deeds  of  their  ancestors  on  the  battlefield. 

"The  victories  were  not  all  won  by  the  soldiers  at  the  front, 
for  there  was  a  loyal  battle  line  in  our  homes  in  the  North. 
There  were  heroes  and  heroines  in  the  old  homesteads  who 
were  not  permitted  to  go  to  the  front  during  the  dark  days 
of  the  war.  Some  citizens  with  families,  others  physically 
disabled,  but  all  through  those  long  and  wearv  years  their 
patriotism  never  faltered  and  they  were  ever  ready  to  open 
their  purses  for  payment  of  bounties  and  to  care  for  families 
of  the  soldiers  on  the  battle  lines. 

"Then  there  were  the  mothers,  the  wives,  the  sisters,  and 
the  sweethearts — it  has  been  truly  said  that  there  was  one  line 
that  was  never  broken  during  the  war;  that  was  the 
line  of  the  loyal  women.  Some  of  them  are  here  today  who 
cheered  father,  brother  or  sweetheart  as  he  marched  away  to 
the  music  of  the  war-drums  in  1  .Mi  1  -1  MM.  You  wait'-d  anx- 
louslv  for  manv  of  them  who  did  not  return. 

"You  loved  them  better  than  life,  but  you  could  only  hope 
and  prav.  Your  hearts  were  on  the  battle  line  at  the  front 
for  your  dear  one  was  there  and  you  would  have  scorned  him 
had  he  failed  in  his  fluty  to  home  and  country.  Your  love  and 
pravers  followed  him  on  the  march  and  in  the  carnage  of  bat- 
tle, and  he  could  not  have  been  otherwise  than  brave. 


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"Through  all  the  long  and  weary  years  of  the  war  you  did 
not  lose  faith ;  you  wrote  messages  of  cheer,  suffered  for  every 
shot  that  pierced  a  loved  one,  and  those  who  were  spared  re- 
turned victorious  to  receive  your  blessing.  Of  the  many 
bright  and  happy  girls  who  with  their  willing  hands  made  and 
presented  the  silk  flag  to  your  boys  within  a  stone's  throw  of 
this  spot,  July  4th,  1861,  not  more  than  half  a  dozen  reside  in 
this  community  today. 

"The  fathers  and  mothers  of  that  day  have  all  passed  away 
and  the  boys  and  girls  of  1861  are  now  of  the  older  generation. 
There  are  some  sad  hearts  here  today — widows  of  soldier  hus- 
bands who  have  passed  to  the  other  shore,  there  awaiting  the 
happy  reunion,  perhaps  but  a  few  years  hence. 

"But  to  you,  with  all  its  sadness,  you  rejoice  that  your 
loved  ones — husband  or  father — fought  the  good  fight  and  is 
so  highly  honored  today  by  this  patriotic  service  and  memorial. 

"And  where  are  the  boys  who  drilled  and  marched  over 
the  meadows  and  along  the  streets  of  this  village  fifty-two 
years  ago?  \Yere  the  First  Sergeants  of  the  forty-two  organi- 
zations in  which  these  boys  served  here  today  and  would  give 
the  command,  'Attention  to  roll  call !'  they  would  not  all  an- 
swer 'Here.'  But  on  parade  he  could  report  to  the  Adjutant: 
'Sir,  all  present  or  accounted  for.'  Three  score  and  ten  died 
with  honor  on  the  field,  two  hundred  sleep  in  the  cemeteries 
of  the  Xorth,  only  a  remnant  of  the  old  guard  survives,  but 
'all  present  or  accounted  for'  would  be  the  answer. 

'''One  parting  word,  comrades  of  the  (Treat  March.  You 
are  not  only  veterans  in  service,  but  veterans  in  age  now. 
Your  heads  are  graying,  your  steps  are  halting,  but  you  are 
young  in  heart — steadily  marching  behind  the  great  recruiting 
officer.  Death.  The  ranks  are  thinning — one  hundred  going 
down  each  day.  We  will  not  all  meet  on  this  historic  ground 
again,  but  there  are  some  here  today  who  mav  live  to  see  the 
Memorial  Day  when  there  will  not  be  a  veteran  of  the  great 
war  on  earth. 

"There  will  be  eloquent  words  spoken;  there  will  be  patri- 
otic songs  by  the  children  ;  there  will  be  strewing  of  the  sweet- 


cst  flowers  of  springtime  over  the  graves  of  your  departed 
heroes,  hut  not  one  will  answer  'here'  when  the  roll  is  called. 
Mv  comrades,  when  we  have  all  been  mustered  out  hv  the 
Great  Commander,  when  we  have  heard  the  buttle  sounding 
reveille,  for  the  la-t  time  calling  us  to  duty,  when  'taps'  and 
'lights  out'  have  been  sounded  for  the  last  time,  let  us  be  ready 
to  join  our  comrades  on  the  other  shore.  It  will  be  'good 
night'  here  and  'good  morning'  over  there.  Salute  the  flag! 
Hreak  ranks  !  Farewell !" 


WAR  HISTORY  OF  JEROME  TOWNSHIP. 

At  the  first  election  held  in  Jerome  Township.  Mav  loth. 
1^1.  the  total  number  of  votes  east  was  fifteen.  In  the  year 
Isfil.  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  the 
population  of  the  township  was  1MHS,  and  the  total  number  of 
voters  was  ^1<>.  the  number  of  voters  having  increased  vful  in 
fortv  years. 

The  number  of  soldier--  enlisting  from  the  township  (hiring 
the  war  was  \~>\  in  excess  of  the  number  of  voters  in 
the  township,  or  more  than  one-fourth  of  the  total  popula- 
tion of  men.  women  and  children.  This  is  a  most  remarkable 
record  of  enlistment  and  challenges  comparison  with  any 
township  of  like  population  in  the  State. 

It  is  shown  bv  the  otticial  records  that  the  average  age  of 
the  -"Idler-  who  fought  the  battle-  of  the  Rebellion  was  less 
than  'jo  years.  A  number  of  lerome  Town-hip  boy-  were 
under  1  (J  \var-  of  age  at  enlistment  and  at  least  one  wa-  but  1  I. 

The  following  table,  compiled  from  official  record-,  will 
be  of  interest  to  all  student-  of  war  historv: 

Total  enlistment-  in  the  I'nion  Armv- 


OT\\    \  >      IJ.    <  ON  10 
l^lsl     O.     \.     I. 


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Adding  the  number  under  21  and  over  22 — that  is,  2,159,- 
798  and  618,511 — the  total  enrollment  was  2,77S,3o9.  Never 
before  was  a  nation  saved  by  youths  in  their  teens. 

LOSSES. 

One  hundred  and  ten  thousand  were  killed  in  battle  or  died 
of  wounds.  Two  hundred  and  forty-nine  thousand,  four  hun- 
dred and  fifty-eight  died  of  disease  and  other  causes,  and  two 
hundred  and  eighty  thousand  were  wounded. 

Ohio  furnished  313,180  soldiers  and  the  losses  in  killed, 
died  of  wounds  and  disease  were  35,121.  Of  this  number 
3,000  enlisted  from  Union  County.  533  were  killed  or  died 
of  wounds  or  disease,  360  were  wounded,  113  were  prisoners 
of  war,  and  the  total  casualties  were  1,035.  The  contribution 
of  Jerome  Township  to  this  great  army  was  367,  and  75  were 
killed  or  died  in  the  service. 

WAR    OF    THE    REBELLION  — 1861-1865. 

There  was  no  more  patriotic  community  in  Union  County 
than  Jerome  Township,  and  every  call  for  troops  from  April 
15th,  1<S(Jl,  to  the  close  of  the  war,  the  quota  was  filled  by 
volunteers  and  there  was  no  draft  made  in  the  township. 

During  the  war,  with  scarcely  an  exception  every  boy  who 
attended  the  Select  School  at  New  California  enlisted  in  the 
army. 

They  were  intelligent  farmer  boys,  lithe  of  limb  and  with 
strong  healthy  bodies.  Accustomed  to  hard  work  on  the  farm, 
and  handling  wild  and  vicious  horses,  they  were  ideal 
cavalrymen. 

They  were  also  trained  marksmen  with  the  riile  and  were 
used  to  the  chase  in  hunting  wild  turkeys  and  all  kinds  of 
small  game.  This  was  the  class  of  bovs  who  enlisted  in  that 
community  to  fight  for  the  preservation  of  the  Cnion. 

The  ancestors  of  many  of  these  boys  had  fought  lor  liberty 
during  the  \Var  of  the  Revolution  and  had  left  their  descend- 
ants a  noble  heritage  in  which  they  look  an  honest  pride. 

It  has  been  turly  said  that  "It  is  the  mass  of  character  that 

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determines  luinian  conditions  and  decides  national  destiny; 
whoever  leads  a  good  life,  sets  a  good  example,  establishes  a 
well-conducted  family,  worthily  rears  children,  honest.lv  pur- 
sues a  respectable  calling,  who  is  frugal  and  industrious,  makes 
the  most  precious  contribution  to  his  kind." 

Thus  had  lived  these  hardy  pioneers  who  came  with  the 
Bible,  the  ax  and  the  riile.  praying,  working  and  watching. 
Though  far  removed  in  kinship,  blood  will  tell  for  successive 
generations  when  opportunity  comes,  and  that  they  sway  and 
guide  us  after  death  of  the  ancester  is  an  accepted  truth  of 
history. 

The  warm  blood  of  patriotism  and  heroism  which  flowed 
in  the  veins  of  the  men  of  '1<i  does  not  become  cold  by  the 
lapse  of  years  in  the  veins  of  their  descendants. 

The  spirit  which  led  them  to  battle  for  liberty  inspired  their 
descendants  to  fight  the  battles  of  all  our  wars,  in  winch  they 
have  taken  so  prominent  a  part,  in  the  War  of  isi'J.  war  with 
Mexico,  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  and  the  Spanish- American 
War. 

Therefore,  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  \\~ar  of  the  Rebellion 
these  boys,  inspired  bv  the  deeds  of  their  forefathers,  of  which 
thev  had  heard  through  their  parents  from  early  childhood, 
were  readv  to  respond  to  the  call  to  amis  before  the  smoke  had 
cleared  from  the  battered  walls  of  bort  Sumter. 

'  Mi  the  evening  of  the  ".;  lib  of  April.  iMil,  in  response  to 
the  i-a!l  tor  the  tir^t  ".').( inn  volunteers,  a  war  meeting  was  held 
in  the  old  Secedcr  Church  at  Xew  California.  Patriotic 
speeches  were  made  by  many  of  the  old  citi/ens.  and  among 
others  the  Rev.  B.  I).  Kvans  and  Llewellvn  Currv.  Volun- 
teers were  called  for.  and  the  first  young  man  to  enroll  his 
name  and  otter  Ins  services  was  1  )a\  id  (  '.  1  avlor,  who  soon 
after  j<i;ned  the  Thirteenth  (  'bio  Regiment,  and  after  ^-erving 
his  count  rv  for  three  years  with  honor.  \vas  killed  on  the  bat- 
tlefield  of  1  )allas.  <  ieorgia.  on  the  M^lli  dav  of  May.  1st!  I. 
About  fortv  of  the  voung  men  of  the  neighborhood  volun- 
teered, that  evening. 

I  M'.  James  Cutler  was  a  young  practitioner,  residing  in  ihe 


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village,  and  as  he  had  served  two  years  in  the  Regular  Army 
during  the  Mexican  War,  all  eyes  were  turned  toward  him  as 
a  leader.  He  was  an  intelligent  and  progressive  young  man 
with  a  good  practice  and  in  whom  the  fathers  and  mothers 
had  great  faith. 

They  were,  therefore,  extremely  anxious  that  he  should 
enter  the  service  and  command  the  company  in  which  their 
boys  enlisted.  But  he  did  not  need  any  prompting,  as  he  was 
enthusiastic  and  was  among  the  first  to  sign  the  enlistment  roll. 
He  was  elected  Captain  and  gave  the  company  their  first  drill 
in  the  old  Scott  tactics. 

\V.  L.  Curry  was  elected  First  Lieutenant  and  D.  R.  Cone 
Second  Lieutenant. 

Among  the  first  to  volunteer  was  Walter  Cowans,  a  patri- 
otic Scotchman  upward  of  (>0  years  of  age,  and  in  honor  to 
him  the  company  was  named  the  "Cowans  Guards."  The 
company  began  drilling  immediately  at  Xew  California.  The 
busy  hands  of  mothers  and  sisters  in  a  few  days  furnished 
uniforms,  consisting  of  red  jackets  and  black  caps.  The 
young  ladies  of  the  neighborhood  made  a  large  silk  flag,  which 
was  presented  to  the  company. 

The  company  soon  numbered  sixty  volunteers,  but  before 
it  was  recruited  to  the  required  number  to  enter  the  service 
the  call  was  made  for  three  years'  troops,  and  many  of  the 
boys  becoming  impatient  to  be  off  for  the  seat  of  war,  began 
to  enlist  in  companies  that  were  being  recruited  more  rapidly 
in  the  larger  towns.  The  organization  never  entered  the  serv- 
ice, as  their  ranks  were  rapidly  decimated  by  these  enlistments 
in  other  organizations.  All  but  two  or  three  of  this  company 
soon  enlisted  and  seventeen  of  them  died  in  the  service. 

The  following  list  of  names  composes  about  a  complete 
roster  of  the  company  which  has  been  submitted  to  other  mem- 
bers of  the  company  for  verification  and  correction:  lames 
Cutler,  Captain;  W.  L.  Curry,  First  Lieutenant;  I).  R.  Cone, 
Second  Lieutenant;  J.  1).  Bain,  David  Bain,  William  Beaver, 
W.  J.  Conklin,  Otway  Curry,  W.  W.  Curry,  David  Curry, 
James  A.  Curry,  James  Curry,  J.  C.  Cone,  S.  B.  Cone,  ().  B. 


'(>  History  of  Jerome  Township 

Cone.  William  Channcll.  \\'.  11.  11.  Fleck.  T.  S.  Fleck,  Walter 
Gowans.  Sr..  Andrew  Gowans,  Alexander  Gowans,  \\'illiam 
Gowans.  James  Gowans.  S.  W.  Gowans.  Lewis  IIoiYncr,  James 
Hill.  L.  J.  Ketch.  Lewis  Ketch,  John  Liggett,  R.  A.  Liggett, 
P>.  F.  Lucas,  William  B.  Laughead.  John  Morford,  James  R. 
Mitchell,  George  Mitchell,  David  Mclntire.  J.  L.  McCampbell, 
Jeff  Mahaffey,  Jacob  Xonnemaker,  1).  G.  Robinson,  Delmore 
Robinson.  C.  L.  Robinson,  I.  B.  Robinson,  George  Ruehlen, 
David  Shinneman,  lames  Smith,  George  Stokes,  Atlas  Perkins, 
David  O.  Taylor,  Daniel  Taylor.  David  Wise,  William  Wise 
and  Samuel  Wise. 

In  this  companv  were  twenty-seven  who  had  been  students 
at  the  Select  School.  Seventeen  of  the  original  members  were 
killed  or  died  of  wounds  or  disease,  and  of  those  who  lo>t  their 
lives  in  the  service  nine  were  students  in  the  Select  School. 

A  companv  was  organized  at  Plain  City.  <  )hio,  for  the  first 
three  months'  service,  in  which  twenty-nine  Jerome  Township 
Mjhhcrs  served.  The  company  was  assigned  as  Company  G, 
Kth  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry.  At  the  expiration  of  their 
term  of  service,  every  one  of  them  re-enlisted  in  other  regi- 
ment.-, as  did  tho-e  who  served  in  the  l-'Jth  (  )hio  Volunteer 
Infantry.  lir>t  three  months'  >ervice.  The  tir>t  and  onlv  full 
company  recruited  in  the  township  was  organized  at  the  village 
of  lerome.  under  the  first  call  for  three  years'  service,  and 
went  into  camp  in  August,  !><>!.  The  company  was  assigned 
as  Companv  F.  '-'^nn  Regiment,  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantrv. 
<  'ther  detachments  enlisting  in  the  first  call  for  three  years' 
service  were  a-signcd  in  the  First  Ohio  Cavalrv.  the  l-!th. 
:;^nd.  l"th,  I'.th.  -Mth.  and  tjr.th  '  )hio  X'olunteer  Infantry. 
During  the  years  iMi'i,  1M'»:>,  1><'»I.  and  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  evei'N  ijuota  a»igned  tu  the  townshij)  was  tilled,  and  thev 
served  in  the  following  designated  organizations: 


History  of  Jerome  Township  77 

Infantry  Regiments. 

13th,  17th,  80th,  32nd,  81th.  -10th.  46th,  54th, 
58th,  63rd,  GGth,  S2iul,  85th,  86th,  88th,  94th, 
95th,  96th,  l.luth.  113th.  121st,  128th,  129th, 
133rd,  18(ith.  145th,  IMlh,  186th,  187th,  181st, 

191th,  2Tth  U.  S.  C.  T.,  ISth  U.  S.  1 33 

4Uh  U.  S.  C.  T. 

Uh  Ohio  Independent  Sharpshooters 1 

10th  Ohio  Battery,  Light  Artillery 1 

U.  S.  Signal  Corps 1 

9th    Minnesota    Infantry 1 

Indiana    Infantry    1 

United  States  Navy 1 

Squirrel  Hunters  1—        7 

A  total  o  f 42 

In  the  year  18(14  an  organization  was  formed  of  prominent 
citizens  who  were  not  eligible,  by  reason  of  age  or  disability, 
for  military  service,  to  pay  bounties  to  the  boys  who  were 
willing  to  enter  the  service.  A  large  amount  of  money  was 
contributed  voluntarily  for  that  purpose,  and  in  some  instances 
several  hundred  dollars  were  paid  to  each  volunteer.  Samuel 
B.  \Yoodburn  was  treasurer  of  the  association,  and  among 
other  prominent  members  were  A.  H.  McCampbell,  John  Ale- 
Campbell,  John  K.  Dodge,  Thomas  Jones,  lames  Roney,  Wm. 
Thompson,  Joseph  Cole,  fohn  Curry,  Albert  Chapman.  James 
Mitchell,  and  many  others.  There  was  scarcely  a  family  in  the 
township  that  did  not  have  someone  in  the  Armv  of  the  Union, 
and  there  was  continuous  recruiting.  The  people  thought, 
talked,  and  read  of  but  little  else  than  the  means  of  prosecut- 
ing the  war  to  a  successful  end. 

To  write  the  history  of  the  services  of  the  soldiers  of 
Jerome  Township  who  served  in  forty-two  regiments  and 
other  organizations,  would  be  to  write  the  history  of  every 
great  campaign  along  the  battle  lines  from  the  Atlantic  Ocean 
to  the  Mississippi  River,  for  some  of  them  participated  in 
almost  everv  great  battle  of  the  war.  As  an  evidence  of  that 


:s 

fact  the  render  lias  only  to  peruse  the  brief  history  of  each 
organization  in  this  volume.  They  fought  at  Gettysburg,  and 
Chickamauga,  the  two  greatest  battles  of  the  war.  Sonic  of 
them  were  at  Aantietam.  Yicksburg,  Shiloh,  the  Wilderness, 
Stone  River.  Port  Republic,  Seven  Pines,  Lookout  Moun- 
tain. (  )ne  hundred  days  under  tire,  from  Chattanooga  to  At- 
lanta. Thev  marched  with  General  Sherman's  Army  to  the 
Sea.  Thev  were  in  the  greatest  cavalry  expedition  of  the  war, 
under  General  James  II.  Wilson,  through  Alabama  and  Geor- 
gia. Were  in  the  saddle  when  the  war  closed. 

Those  in  the  navy  were  at  Fort  llenry  and  Fort  Donald- 
sun.  Some  of  them  participated  in  the  great  review  at  Wash- 
ington. 

Hut  a  brief  history  can  be  given  in  the  limited  space  in  this 
little  volume  of  each  organization,  and  much  time  has  been 
devoted  to  securing  the  data  for  enlistment,  discharge  or  death 
of  each  soldier.  <  )nlv  the  time  and  place  of  muster-in  of  each 
of  the  different  organizations,  with  a  short  history  of  their 
campaigns,  battles,  losses  and  date  of  muster-out,  is  given. 
<  ireat  pains  have  been  taken  to  get  correct  dates  and  statistics 
as  to  the  true  history  of  the  service  of  each  organization.  The 
regiments  ot  long  service  and  hard  campaigns  made  more  his- 
tory and  are  entitled  to  more  extended  notice,  but  the  mem- 
ber- of  all  organization-  are  entitled  to  full  credit,  for  they 
all  did  iheir  duty  in  whatever  capacity  they  served.  The  ma- 
jority of  them  were  boys  and  usually  enlisted  at  the  first 
opportunity,  not  knowing  where  or  what  the  service  of  the 
organization  to  which  they  were  assigned  would  be.  It  was 
only  "their's  to  obey." 

THE    B<  )YS   OF   '61. 

1!Y    W.    L.    Ct'KKY. 

At  I'.K    cr'.il  of  their  country  our  boys  of    leronic 
Mar'T.eM  away  to  the  sound  of  the  bugle  and  drum: 
In  tlie  flu-h  of  their  youth  went  the  manly  and  brave. 
To  Mand  by  the  banner  our  forefathers  gave; 
How  m;  Three  hundred — mir  heroes  m  blue. 


History  of  Jerome  Township 

They  showed  to  the  world  how  their  hearts  could  be  true. 

Did  they  all  come  back  from  the  dark  battle  lines? 

Nay — four  score  are  sleeping  'neath  the  shade  of  the  pines. 

Go  look  for  their  deeds  on  the  'scutcheon  of  fame; 
Go  read  in  the  sunlight  each  glorious  name; 
Old  Round  Top  is  crowned  with  their  glory  today, 
And  Shiloh's  invested  with  splendor  for  aye ; 
Where  bravely  they  struggled  and  died  for  the  free, 
Chickamauga  flows  on  with  a  song  to  the  sea ; 
And  other  proud  fields  have  extended  a  crown 
To  the  boys  of  Jerome — our  sons  of  renown. 

They  came  from  the  battle  all  shattered  and  torn, 
Not  as  they  went  forth  in  the  flush  of  the  morn ; 
Their  standards  were  riddled  with  shot  and  with  shell, 
But  their  war-drums  had  sounded  rebellion's  death-knell. 
Their  ranks  were  depleted,  their  comrades  afar 
Slept  peacefully  under  the  Southern  star; 
But  proudly  erect  marched  the  immortal  few — 
Our  heroes,  each  man  in  his  garments  of  blue. 

Who  hailed  them  ?     A  nation  they'd  saved  by  their  might, 

And  planted  fore'er  on  the  ramparts  of  Right. 

The  welcome  was  great  that  came  after  the  strife — 

The  kiss  of  the  mother,  the  sweetheart,  the  wife; 

The  drum  became  silent,  the  bugle  was  still, 

They  echoed  no  more  on  the  red  battle  hill ; 

And  the  Angel  of  Peace,  with  her  pinions  outspread, 

Looked  down  on  the  living  and  wept  for  the  dead. 

The  land  that  we  love  honors  still  every  son 
Who  rushed  to  its  aid  at  the  flash  of  the  gun  ; 
On  many  a  field  seeks  the  column  the  skv. 
Enriched  with  a  record  that  never  can  die; 
So  long  as  our  banner  invincible  waves, 
Memorials  will  rise  to  the  worth  of  our  braves ; 
And  ever  the  country  to  which  we  arc  true 
Will  laurel  the  brow  of  our  soldiers  in  blue. 


SO  Hist^>'\  <>/  Jerome  Toi^'iisliif1 

FIRST      OHIO      VOLUNTEER      CAVALRY- -  THREE 
YEARS'   SERVICE. 

A  company  of  the  First  Ohio  Cavalry  was  recruited  at 
Plain  Citv.  Ohio,  under  the  first  call  for  three  years'  troops, 
and  was  assigned  as  Company  K  of  that  regiment,  organized 
at  Lam])  Chase.  (  >hio.  in  the  summer  of  ISfJl.  Twelve  Jerome 
Township  soldiers  served  in  this  company,  three  of  whom  died 
in  tlie  service —  lames  S.  Fwing.  Presley  E.  Goff,  and  Benja- 
min F.  Lucas:  and  five  —  James  Cutler,  \Y.  L.  Curry.  San- 
ford  P.  Clark.  Presley  E.  CJoff.  and  Alanson  Sessler  —  were 
prisoners  of  war. 

As  the  writer  served  in  this  regiment  and  has  personal 
knowledge  of  the  campaigns  and  battles  in  which  they  par- 
ticipated, it  is  hoped  that  the  reader  may  have  charity  and 
overlook  any  seeming  overestimated  distinguished  services  of 
the  regiment.  It  is  a  hard  task  to  condense  in  a  page  or  two 
the  record  of  the  services  of  a  regiment  which  served  four 
vears  and  participated  in  many  decisive  battles. 

The  company  left  Plain.  City  September  Mh,  isiil,  going 
across  the  country  in  carriages  and  wagons,  to  Crimp  Chase. 
A  few  davs  later  the  election  for  commissioned  officers  was 
held  and  I  )r.  F.  \\  .  Forshee  of  Madison  Countv  was  elected 
Captain:  I  )r.  James  Cutler  of  lcn>mc  Township,  First  I.ieu- 
tenant ;  A.  !!.  McCurdv  of  Morrow  Countv.  Second  Lieuten- 
ant: and  \V.  L.  Currv  was  appointed  Orderly  Sergeant. 

The  regiment  was  fully  equipped  and  mustered  into  the 
L  .  S.  service  (  >ctobcr  -~th.  IM!!.  with  twelve  companies,  tinder 
(  olonel  !  »nn  P.  Ransom,  an  oliicer  of  the  Regular  Army; 
Lieutenant  Colonel  T.  C.  II.  Smith,  and  Major  Minor  Millikin. 

The  regiment-  that  were  so  fortunate  as  to  get  a  Regular 
officer  for  a  Colonel  were  Ustiallv  well  organi/cd.  and  that  was 
the  case  in  the  Fir-t  (  >hio.  \\'e  had  a  great  contempt  for  our 
Colonel  in  tile  beginning,  as  he  wa-  a  regular  martinet,  but 
when  we  got  into  the  held  we  had  a  verv  high  regard  for  him. 
as  i  t  ;  •  01  ce  inaugurated  strict  military  discipline,  and.  as  the 
bovs  said,  "brought  the  officers  to  time,"  organized  an  officers' 
looked  after  the  smallest  detail-  of  clothing,  ra- 


History  of  Jerome  Tou'iisJiip  81 

tions  and  all  things  that  pertained  to  the  comfort  of  his  men; 
systematically  examined  for  himself  all  clothing,  equipments 
and  food  before  allowing  them  to  he  issued,  and  whatever  was 
poor  in  quality  or  short  in  quantity  he  rejected  with  good 
round  oaths  and  with  a  savage  threat  of  arrest  to  the  quarter- 
master or  commissary. 

Of  the  commissioned  officers  of  the  regiment,  four  attained 
the  grade  of  Colonel,  five  of  Lieutenant  Colonel,  sixteen  of 
Major,  four  of  Surgeon,  two  Assistant  Surgeon,  one  Chaplain, 
fortv-six  of  Captain,  and  one  hundred  and  twenty-nine  of 
Lieutenant,  making  in  all  two  hundred  and  seven  commissions. 
There  being  originally  twelve  Captains,  thirty-four  Lieuten- 
ants were  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Captain.  There  were  but 
four  officers  in  the  regiment  at  the  close  of  the  war  that  were 
commissioned  at  the  organization,  all  the  other  officers  remain- 
ing in  the  regiment  at  the  close  of  the  war  having  been  pro- 
moted from  the  ranks.  Of  the  Colonels  of  the  regiment.  Ran- 
som resigned,  Millikin  was  killed  at  Stone  River.  Smith  was 
promoted  to  Brigadier-General,  and  Eggleston  was  also  pro- 
moted to  Brigadier-General.  Colonel  Cupp  was  killed  at 
Chickamauga,  Major  Moore  and  Lieutenant  Condit  were 
killed  at  Stone  River.  Captain  Emery  and  Captain  Scott  were 
killed  in  action,  as  was  Lieutenant  Allen.  Although  we  de- 
nounced Colonel  Ransom  as  an  "old  martinet  and  tyrant,"  we 
soon  learned  to  respect  him  as  a  disciplinarian,  and  before  the 
end  of  our  service,  blessed  his  memory  for  the  strict  discip- 
line inaugurated  when  we  first  went  into  camp. 

The  large  per  cent  of  the  boys  recruited  in  the  regiment 
were  farmers,  and  as  in  that  day  a  great  deal  of  horseback 
riding  was  done,  many  of  our  men  were,  as  the  saying  goes, 
"raised  on  a  horse's  back"  and  were  line  horsemen.  To  be  an 
accomplished  rider  it  must  be  learned  when  the  person  is 
young  and  at  the  age  when  he  has  a  certain  amount  of  reck- 
lessness and  has  no  fear.  A  person  that  is  timid  and  has  no 
confidence  in  his  ability  to  control  his  horse  can  never  become 
a  good  rider. 

The  men  were  accustomed  to  caring  for  horses  and  under- 


stood  feeding,  grooming  and  saddling,  and  did  not  have  these 
duties  to  learn  after  enlisting.  Manv  of  the  men  brought 
their  o\vn  horses  t<>  camp  and  owned  them  throughout  the  war 
and  received  -1"  cents  a  day  from  the  Government  for  their 
service.  The  men  who  owned  their  own  mounts  usually  had 
the  best  horses  and  cared  for  them  best,  as  they  had  a  pecuni- 
ar}- interest  and  also  understood  the  care  of  horses. 

While  no  soldier  can  become  a  good,  cavalryman  unless  he 
is  a  good  horseman,  we  soon  learned  that  the  service  of  a 
cavalrvman.  with  all  its  many  attractions,  was  at  all  times 
laborious,  and  while  he  might  be  a  irood  rider  he  had  many 
other  duties  to  learn  and  perform. 

The  trooper  has  his  carbine  to  care  for  and  keep  in  order, 
which  evens  him  up  with  the  infantryman  in  care  of  arms  and 
equipments,  and  in  addition  to  this  he  has  his  revolver,  saber 
and  horse  equipments  to  keep  in  order,  and  his  horse  to  water, 
feed  and  groom  every  da}',  and  the  soldier  who  enlists  in  the 
cavalry  service  expecting  a  "soft  snap"  will  soon  learn,  to  his 
sorrow,  that  he  has  been  laboring  under  a  grievous  mistake. 

'  )n  a  campaign  or  march  in  good  weather,  when  it  is  not 
necessary  to  pitch  tents  at  night,  the  infantry  stack  arm.-,  get 
supper,  ami  are  soon  at  rest  or  asleep:  but  not  so  with  the 
cavalryman.  The  company  must  first  put  up  the  picket  rope. 
and  then  the  horses  must  be  watered,  fed  and  groomed.  If 
there  is  no  forage  for  his  horse  in  the  wagon  train  he  must 
hunt  for  it.  and  perhaps  go  a  mile  or  two  in  the  search.  Then 
he  un-addles,  gets  his  coffee,  grooms  his  horse,  and  is  ready 
to  lie  do\vn  an  hour  after  the  infantryman  i-  asleep.  In  the 
morning,  if  ihe  caxalrv  are  to  move  at  the  same  hour  as  the 
intantrv  are  to  march,  thev  must  have  reveille  an  hour  earlier 
than  ihe  infantry,  to  have  time  to  feed,  groom  and  water  the 
horses:  and  while  he  lias  the  advantage  on  the  march,  it  would 
not  be  considered  by  the  average  citi/.en  a  very  easv  task  to 
march  forty,  fiftv  or  even  sixtv  iniV-  a  day  mounted,  which 
was  a  usual  occurrence  on  our  scouts  and  raids. 

1     ••••  ::.   Forshee  and  Lieutenant  McCurdv  both  resigned  in 


History  of  Jerome  Tozvnship  83 

June,  1862,  when  the  command  of  the  company  devolved  upon 
Lieutenant  James  Cutler. 

On  the  9th  day  of  December,  1861,  the  regiment  broke 
camp,  marched  through  the  capital  and  embarked  on  their 
first  campaign,  from  which  many  comrades  were  destined 
never  again  to  return.  Arrived  at  Cincinnati  at  daybreak  the 
next  morning,  the  regiment  took  boats  and  reached  Louisville, 
Ky..  on  the  morning  of  the  llth,  the  first  regiment  of  cavalry 
to  enter  that  department  save  Wol ford's  Kentucky  regiment, 
and,  quoting  from  Reid's  history:  "The  First  Ohio  was  the 
nucleus  of  that  host  of  cavalry  which,  under  the  leadership  of 
Stanley,  Crook,  Mitchell,  McCook,  Kilpatrick.  Long,  Minty, 
Millikin  and  AYilson,  achieved  such  triumphs  for  the  country 
and  fame  for  themselves." 

"The  history  of  the  cavalry  of  the  Southwest — its  fearless 
rides,  its  daring  raids,  its  bloody  charges,  its  long  nights  of 
weary  marching,  as  it  carried  desolation  and  destruction  into 
the  very  heart  of  treason — is  a  record  of  heroic  achievements 
unsurpassed  in  the  annals  of  that  service.'' 

The  regiment  remained  in  camp  at  Louisville  until  January 
Kith,  1862,  then  marched  to  Lebanon,  Ky.,  and  was  in  camp  at 
Lebanon  and  Bardstown  until  about  the  last  of  February. 
During  all  the  winter  months  the  regiment  was  busy  drilling 
and  scouting,  and  had  a  few  skirmishes  with  General  John 
Morgan's  cavalry. 

About  the  last  of  February  the  regiment  marched  to  Louis- 
ville and  embarked  on  steamers  for  Xashville,  Term.  March 
1-Jth  they  made  a  dash  in  the  night  as  the  advance  of  General 
Buell's  army  to  save  the  bridge  across  Duck  River  at  Colum- 
bia. They  marched  with  Buell's  army  through  rain  and  mud 
to  the  relief  of  General  Grant's  army  at  Pittsburg  Landing, 
arriving  opposite  the  battlefield  on  the  Tennessee  River  the 
evening  the  battle  closed,  but  too  late  to  take  part  in  the  battle 
fought  April  6th  and  7th,  1862. 

From  April  8th  to  May  30th,  during  the  siege  of  Corinth, 
Mississippi,  the  regiment  was  constantly  on  picket,  scouting 
and  skirmishing  duty  in  front  of  the  Confederate  Army,  and 


84 

tliis  \vas  the  first  real  hard  service.  After  Corinth  was  evacu- 
ated, we  followed  the  Confederate  Army  up.  had  some  brisk 
fights  and  took  manv  prisoners. 

In  June,  moved  east  along  the  Memphis  iS:  Charleston  Rail- 
road with  Huell's  army,  toward  Chattanooga,  and  participated 
in  the  great  countermarch  of  the  armv  through  Tennessee  and 
Kentucky  to  Louisville.  They  participated  in  the  battle  of 
Perrysville,  Ky..  (  >ctober  Nth  :  was  in  the  advance  to  Xasln  ille 
and  the  Stone  River  campaign. 

In  the  battle  of  Stone  River.  Tenn..  Deceiiiber  :51st.  IM>\?, 
in  making  a  saber  charge  Colonel  Minor  Millikin,  Major  I). 
A.  B.  Moore  and  Lieutenant  Condit  were  killed.  Adjutant 
\\~illiam  Scott  and  Captain  S.  \Y.  Fordyce  were  wounded,  and 
the  regiment  lost  heavily.  From  the  battle  of  Stone  River 
until  June.  IM>:>.  the  regiment  was  employed  in  scouting  and 
patroling.  watching  the  movements  of  the  enemv.  Captain 
Cutler  having  resigned.  \Y.  L.  Curry,  a  prisoner  of  war.  was 
promoted  to  a  Lieutenancy  and  had  command  of  Companv  K. 
The  regiment  advanced  from  Murfreesboro  with  (ieneral 
Rosecran's  armv  June  vMth.  and  had  some  shart  fight-;  in  driv- 
ing tlie  enemy  through  the  mountain  passes  to  Chattanooga. 
In  August  Lieutenant  Currv  wa<  transferred  to  the  command 
of  ( 'ompany  M. 

In.  the  advance  on  Chattanooga  the  Fir-t  *  )hio,  tinder  com- 
mand ill  Lieutenant  Colonel  Cu]»p.  crossed  the  Tennessee 
River  >eptember  \!nd.  and  was  conspicuous  in  the  expedition 
under  (ieneral  Stanlev  in  the  altempt  to  cut  the  railroad  -outh 
of  (  hattanooga.  Alter  a  severe  encounter  \vuli  a  Large  force 
oi  the  enemy  near  Lafavette.  (ia.,  it  pa~-ed  tip  the  Chattanooga 
Valley,  reached  the  battlefield  of  Chickamau^a  early  on  the 
morning  of  September  t^ith.  and  lost  heavily  in  the  engagement 
ot  thai  dav.  (  olonel  '  npp  w-i*  killed  \\'lule  forming  the  regi- 
ment for  a  charge.  (M  the  '.)(in  men  compo-ing  the  Second 
Ilrii^ade,  I-M  were  killed  and  wounded. 

After  falling  back  to  Chattanooga,  the  troojis  were  allowed 
no  re-t.  btil  on  ihe  V'i'ii  of  September  Carted  on  the  famtms 
rai'i  rlri\'iiiLr  \\heeler'-  cavalrv  from  \\'a>hm<rton.  Tenn..  to 


Historv  of  Jerome  Township  85 

Muscle  Shoals,  Ala.,  taking  more  than  1,000  prisoners  and 
several  pieces  of  artillery. 

The  regiment  then  returned  to  Chattanooga  and  took  part 
in  the  assault  on  Mission  Ridge,  where  William  Johnson  of 
Company  K  was  killed.  After  the  battle  of  Mission  Ridge 
the  First  moved  to  the  relief  of  Burnsides,  at  Knoxville,  being 
the  first  regiment  to  reach  that  city,  having  several  skirmishes 
on  the  way  and  capturing  many  prisoners. 

On  the  IGth  of  December  a  detachment  of  the  regiment 
made  a  brilliant  charge  at  Calhoun  upon  a  rebel  brigade  com- 
manded by  General  Wheeler,  sweeping  them  from  the  field  and 
taking  many  prisoners. 

January  4th,  1SG4,  about  400  members  of  the  regiment 
reenlisted  at  Pulaski,  Tenn.,  as  veterans  for  "three  years,  or 
during  the  war,"  and  were  given  a  furlough  for  thirty  days. 

After  the  veteran  furlough,  during  which  time  many 
recruits  joined  the  regiment,  we  were  remounted  at  Nashville, 
Tenn..  and  May  '^nd  started  on  the  march  to  join  General 
Sherman's  army  and  arrived  at  Rome,  Ga.,  about  the  first  of 
June,  after  having  had  several  skirmishes  while  marching  on 
the  Hank  of  the  17th  Army  Corps. 

The  regiment  participated  in  the  "One  Hundred  Days 
under  fire  from  Chattanooga  to  Atlanta,"  was  continuously 
scouting  and  raiding,  and  was  a  part  of  the  two  divisions  of 
cavalry  commanded  by  General  Kilpatrick  which  made  a  raid 
around  the  Confederate  Army  during  the  siege  of  Atlanta  in 
August,  ISO  1. 

After  the  surrender  of  Atlanta,  September  1st,  and  while 
General  Sherman  was  organizing  for  his  "March  to  the  Sea." 
the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  was  remounted 
and  joined  the  army  of  General  George  11.  Thomas  at  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.  After  the  victory  at  Nashville  the  cavalry  corps 
under  General  lames  11.  Wilson  rendezvoused  at  Gravelly 
Springs.  Alabama,  until  March.  iMio.  General  Wilson,  having 
organized  a  cavalry  corps  of  I'V.IHM)  veteran  cavalrymen,  cut 
his  way  do-.vn  through  Alabama  and  Georgia,  capturing  the 
fortified  city  of  Selma,  Alabama.  April  '2nd,  1M>.">,  with  '.MOO 


86  Historv  of  Jerome  Township 

prisoners,  including  K>(»  officers,  and  in  addition  v.uuo  cavalry 
horses.  I".'  siege  guns.  '2i>  field  guns,  and  (J(>,(Mto  rounds  of  artil- 
lery ammunition,  gaining  a  complete  victory  over  General 
Forrest's  forces. 

The  last  fight  of  the  regiment  was  at  Columhus,  Ga.,  which 
was  taken  hy  a  saher  charge  April  15th,  Is6~>. 

A  detachment  of  the  First  Cavalry,  under  command  of 
Captain  J.  (  ).  Yeoman,  was  with  the  command  that  captured 
the  I 'resident  of  the  Confederacy. 

The  regiment  garrisoned  Georgia  and  South  Carolina  from 
April  to  September,  then  returned  to  Ohio  and  was  mustered 
out  at  Camp  Chase  on  the  ^Mh  of  September,  lM>-~>,  after  four 
years'  hard  service.  Company  K  having  lost  twelve  who  died 
m  hospital,  nine  killed,  twelve  wounded,  and  ten  taken  prisoner 
—  making  a  total  loss  of  forty-three. 

The  First  (  >hio  Cavalry  carried  on  its  muster  rolls  nearly 
I.MIO  names  and  mustered  out  at  Camp  Chase  ^<>]  men.  The 
regiment  marched  ll.-1'.Hi  miles  and  fought  in  the  States  of 
Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Mississippi.  Alabama.  Georgia  and 
\'>nh  Carolina.  The  losses  in  killed,  died  of  wounds  and  dis- 
ease  were  ''(|1.  Cpward  r>f  v"(>  were  wounded.  !•'!<>  were  pris- 
oners di  war,  and  the  total  casualties  were  five,  hundred  and 
thirty-five. 

As  shown  bv  the  olticial  record-,  the  regiment  participated 
in  fifty-one  batik-,  fights  and  skirmishes. 

T\VFLFT!i   OHIO  V<  H.UXTEKR  CAVALRY -- Til  RFF 
YEARS'  SERVICE.  * 

The  order  for  raising  this  regiment  was  issued  Angu-t 
•'"th.  IM'I.'J.  The  companie-,  recrtiited  in  many  counties  in  the 
State,  rendezvoused  at  Camp  Tavlor.  Cleveland,  <  >hio.  and  the 
regiment  \yas  niu-lered  into  tlie  Cmteil  States  service  Novem- 
ber '.1th  !Mi:!.  under  Colonel  Robert  \\  .  Rathtl.  Lieutenant 
(  (jloiiel  Robert  II.  Ilentlev.  both  of  whom  were  brevetlcd 
!  Ingadier  <  jeneraN. 

h'ive   boys    of    lerome   Township    were    in    this    regiment - 

'  (  Jmtrihuted  by  Jesse  L.  Cameron,  who  served  in  the  regiment. 


History  of  Jerome  Toivuship  87 

Nelson  E.  Adams,  Wm.  S.  Channel,  Isaac  Carey,  Philip  11  awn 
and  Daniel  Heath.  Channel  and  Heath  both  died  in  the 
service. 

\Yhile  the  organization  was  yet  incomplete  six  companies 
were  called  to  Johnson's  Island  to  guard  prisoners  and  meet, 
if  need  be,  the  threatened  invasion  of  rebels  from  Canada, 
intent  on  releasing  the  o.OOO  imprisoned  rebel  officers  there. 
The  companies  thus  employed  were  A,  C,  D,  F,  I,  and  L.  The 
other  companies  were  quartered  at  Camp  Chase  until  Febru- 
ary, 18(51-,  when  the  whole  regiment  was  brought  together  at 
Camp  Dennison.  Here  it  was  mounted,  armed  and  vigorously 
drilled  until  the  27th  day  of  March,  when  it  started  to  the 
front  and  entered  upon  its  memorable  career. 

Its  first  duty  was  to  assist  General  Burbridge  in  breaking 
up  the  armed  bands  of  guerillas  and  bushwhackers  in  Ken- 
tucky. Scattering  itself  over  that  State,  it  soon  became  a  ter- 
ror to  marauders  and  rebel  sympathizers,  dispersed  the  guer- 
rillas and  restored  order. 

This  task  accomplished  with  commendable  promptness,  the 
Twelfth,  joined  in  an  expedition  against  Saltville.  Ya.  But 
after  a  toilsome  journey  of  several  days  it  was  halted  and 
turned  about  to  make  one  of  the  most  rapid  marches  known  to 
warfare,  traveling  over  ISO  miles  in  fifty  hours.  It  struck 
the  rebel  forces  at  Alt.  Sterling.  Ky.,  on  the  !Hh  of  June,  IS 6-1, 
and  gallantly  led  the  charge.  In  this  battle  the  regiment 
fought  many  times  its  number,  but  never  for  a  moment 
wavered.  At  one  time  sixty  men  of  the  Third  Battalion, 
mostly  from  Company  C,  fought  a  rebel  regiment  for  thirty 
minutes,  losing  many  precious  lives,  but  holding  its  ground 
until  help  came.  <  )f  this  devoted  little  band  L'nion  County 
furnished  Joseph  Smith,  Hylas  S.  Moore  and  J.  L.  Cameron. 

For  its  gallantrv  the  Twelfth  was  complimented  at  the 
close  of  the  fight  by  General  Burbridge,  who  remarked  that 
it  had  saved  the  day  for  him.  These  laurels  were  dearly 
bought,  for  the  loss  of  the  regiment,  all  told,  was  1!)7  men. 

The  battle  lasted  all  day.  and  at  night  the  regiment  re- 
mained on  the  battlefield.  Company  C,  chosen  for  special 


88  History  of  Jerome   Township 

guard  duty.  got  no  rest.  Three  davs'  and  nights'  marching' 
and  lighting'  \vas  now  to  be  followed  by  a  gallop  of  thirty- 
three'  miles  to  Lexington  on  the  loth;  fresh  horses  drawn,  and 
on  to  Paris.  Ky..  on  the  llth.  \\  ailing  here  for  supplies  and 
ammunition  until  evening,  the  regiment  again  mounted  and 
mo\ed  forward  for  a  night's  march  to  Cynthiana.  Karlv  on 
the  morning  of  the  I'.Mi  of  June,  while  darkness  was  yet  so 
dcii-e  that  the  lurid  jets  of  powder  (lame  blazed  from  the 
carbines,  the  regiment  was  leading  the  charge  again  in  battle, 
sustaining  itself  heroically,  and  gaining  a  complete  victory  in 
this  engagement.  <  )n  the  1  1th  of  June  the  regiment  received 
the  thanks  and  congratulations  of  President  Lincoln  and  the 
Secretary  of  War.  and  was  again  complimented  for  its  gal- 
lantrv  bv  the  Commanding  (ieneral. 

Again  breaking  into  detachments,  the  Twelfth  scattered 
over  Kcntuckv.  dispersing  marauders  and  keeping  order,  until 
the  month  of  September,  when  it  concentrated  at  Mount  Ster- 
ling and  again  started  with  (  ieneral  1'urbridge's  expedition  to 
Salt\  ille.  Va. 

1  he  expedition  led  over  ;!')('  miles  without  provision  trains, 
tent-  or  ambulance.--,  was  cause  of  much  privation,  and  on  the 
'.'ml  of  '  'ctober  was  again  at  its  accustomed  place  leading  the 
ad\ance  into  one  of  the  most  hotlv  contested  battles  of  the  war. 

I  he  rebel  li  >niticalion<  were  in  the  deep  mountain  gorge's 
and  rendered  operations  bv  mounted  men  impossible,  vet.  dis- 
mounted, the  'I  wiltih  made  again  and  again  its  famous  carbine 
ch;  rges  and  reaching  well  tip  to  the  enemv's  works.  All  day 
long  the  battle  raged  in  the  mountain  fastness,  but  to\\'ard  the 
close  of  the  dav  ammunition  was  exhausted  and  the  rebel 
force-  reinforced  by  ."i.lidfi  ot  (ieneral  Karly's  frc-h  trnups. 
and  (iemral  Pairbridge  was  compelled  to  abandon  the  cxpe- 
dii'on.  A  rapid  retreat  began,  and  as  it  -till  had  ammunition, 
C'ompanv  (  was  detailed  a  special  guard  for  the  rear,  and 
inanv  time-  during  tli.it  disastrous  night  and  the  tollo\\-mg  day 
did  thi-  devoted  little  band  halt  in  the  mountain  passes  and 
ir.g  foe  in  check  while  the  retreating  column 


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History  of  Jerome  Township  89 

Forty-nine  men  of  the  Twelfth  lay  dead  or  wounded  on 
the  field  of  battle  on  this  eventful  day.  Returning  to  Lexing- 
ton, the  regiment  reorganized,  drew  fresh  horses  and  supplies, 
and  on  the  10th  of  November  was  again  in  the  saddle  march- 
ing toward  Cumberland  Gap. 

Reaching  that  point  on  the  20th,  scattering  again,  it  was 
engaged  for  a  short  time  destroying  bands  of  marauders 
around  Bean  Station  and  Rodgersville.  General  Stoneman 
now  took  command,  and  being  joined  with  General  Gillem,  the 
whole  force,  including  the  Twelfth,  was,  in  the  earlier  part  of 
December,  marching  in  a  third  expedition  against  Saltville. 
On  the  morning  of  December  15th  Kingsford  was  reached  and 
a  strong  rebel  force  appeared  on  the  opposite  banks  of  the 
river.  Halting  his  column,  Stoneman  sent  Gillem  to  cross 
above  and  prepare  for  battle.  The  impatience  of  the  Twelfth 
knew  no  bounds  when  in  sight  of  the  gray  uniforms  and 
eagerly  they  awaited  the  bugle  sound  to  charge.  That  coming, 
with  a  wild  yell  they  galloped  through  the  water,  which  was 
up  to  the  horses'  joints,  to  the  opposite  bank.  Opening  a  fire 
from  carbines,  and  revolvers  at  short  range,  the  enemy  was 
for  a  moment  confused,  and  General  Gillem  then  coming  up 
aided  to  complete  the  rout. 

Pursuit  was  given,  and  many  of  the  enemy  lay  dead  along 
the  road  as  the  Twelfth  poured  into  their  fleeing  ranks  volley 
after  volley  from  their  carbines.  Hurrying  forward,  Bristol 
was  reached  just  before  day.  The  Yankees  dashed  in,  and 
less  than  half  an  hour  afterward  Bristol,  with  all  its  immense 
stores,  was  ours.  Halting  to  complete  the  destruction  of  the 
rebel  supplies  and  tearing  up  the  railroad,  the  column  again 
pushed  forward  to  Abington.  At  Abington  Company  F  of  the 
Twelfth,  a  special  escort  of  General  Burbridge,  led  the  charge, 
the  regiment  following,  and  that  place  was  taken,  with  a  large 
number  of  prisoner^  and  immense  military  supplies. 

Pushing  on,  the  column  struck  the  army  of  the  rebels  under 
General  Vaughn,  which  soon  broke  in  confusion,  and  the  boys 
of  the  regiment  joined  in  a  headlong  chase  of  five  miles,  with 
drawn  sabers.  Many  pieces  of  artillery  were  taken  here. 

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90  History  of  Jerome  To 

Without  halting  the  troops  pushed  on.  and  on  the  12th 
the  regiment  had  the  grim  satisfaction  of  leading  the  charge 
into  Saltville,  capturing  the  place  \vhere  so  many  prisoners 
were  lost  a  few  months  previous.  Every  vestige  of  the  place 
was  destroyed.  At  the  close  of  the  dav,  on  the  17th,  a  des- 
perate battle  was  fought  with  the  troops  of  Breckcnridge  and 
\  aughn,  near  Marion. 

Returning  from  this  raid,  the  regiment  collected  at  Lexing- 
ton to  draw  fresh  horses  and  close  up  the  broken  ranks.  Scat- 
tering again,  it  was  a  short  time  doing  general  patrol  duty  and 
looking  after  rebel  sympathizers  and  bushrangers  in  Ken- 
tucky. Coming  together  again  the  last  of  February  at  Louis- 
ville, Ky..  the  whole  joined  Stoneman's  command  and  em- 
barked for  Nashville  by  river.  On  through  to  Murfreesboro 
and  thence  to  Knoxville.  where  a  veteran  brigade  was  formed 
by  uniting  the  Twelfth  Ohio,  Fifteenth  Pennsylvania,  and 
Tenth  Michigan  Cavalries.  On  the  20th  of  March  this  bri- 
gade was  in  motion  marching  out  to  Strawberry  1  Mains,  then 
on  through  Bulls  (.lap,  Jonesboro  to  Yakin  River.  The  stream 
was  badly  swollen,  and  several  comrades  drowned.  Uriah 
Jolly  was  rescued  here  by  Comrade  Cameron. 

Lansing  a  short  time  to  close  up  the  ranks,  the  forces  swept 
on.  galloping  through  Jacksonville,  on  the  line  of  the  Virginia 
dv.  1  ennessee  Railroad  at  Christiansbury.  This  road  was  torn 
up  and  destroyed  for  manv  miles.  Sweeping  down  into  North 
Carolina,  the  Danville  &  Richmond  Railroad  was  struck  and 
destroyed  for  a  great  distance. 

Hastening  on.  the  troops  brought  up  before  Salisbury.  A 
rebel  force  under  I'emberton,  with  several  pieces  of  ariillerv. 
came  out  to  defend  the  town.  Scarcelv  halting,  the  Twelfth 
led  the  charge,  and  in  spite  of  all  opposition  Salisbury  was 
soon  in  flames,  manv  I'nion  prisoners  released,  and  immense 
quantities  of  nulitarv  stores  consigned  to  the  flames.  (  >n  the 
11th  of  April  the  regiment  marched  on  to  Lmcolnton,  which 
place  wa>  captured  by  a  charge  led  by  I  ompanv  C  of  the 
Twelfth,  under  Lieutenant  Stewart.  Two  hundred  picked 
men.  under  Major  Moderwell,  were  now  chosen  to  march 


History  of  Jerome  Township  91 

eighty  miles  to  the  Catawba  River  crossing  and  destroy  the 
bridge  of  the  Charlotte  &  South  Carolina  Railroad.  On  the 
morning  of  the  30th  they  came  across  the  forces  of  Vaughn 
and  Duke.  Sweeping  down  upon  them,  they  cut  their  way 
through,  captured  thirty-five  prisoners,  a  large  quantity  of 
small  arms  and  two  pieces  of  cannon  and  some  seven  officers 
and  '2 2 3  men.  Paroling  the  prisoners  on  the  spot,  the  com- 
mand returned  to  Dallas,  Company  C  having  some  wounded, 
but  not  fatally.  On  the  23rd  the  regiment  started  for  Knox- 
ville,  but  learning  that  President  Lincoln  had  been  assassinated 
they  joined  in  a  headlong  chase  after  Davis.  They  finally  re- 
turned to  Sweetwater,  Tenn.,  thence  on  to  McMinnville, 
thence  to  Xashville,  and  on  the  2-ith  of  November  the  regi- 
ment was  discharged.  Of  1.462  men,  only  G28  remained.  As 
shown  by  the  official  records,  the  losses  in  the  regiment,  killed, 
died  of  wounds  and  disease,  were  one  hundred  and  sixty-four. 


THIRTEENTH  REGIMENT,  O.  V.  I.— THREE 
MONTHS  AND  THREE  YEARS. 

The  Thirteenth  Ohio  was  organized  at  Camp  Jackson, 
Columbus,  Ohio,  in  April.  1861,  for  the  first  three  months' 
service,  under  the  command  of  A.  S.  Piatt  as  Colonel :  C.  B. 
Mason,  Lieutenant  Colonel,  and  J.  G.  Hawkins,  Major. 
Colonel  Piatt  was  soon  succeeded  by  Colonel  \Y.  S.  Smith, 
who  was  appointed  Brigadier-General  of  Volunteers  in  May, 
'.ISG'v.  and  Colonel  J.  G.  Hawkins  of  Union  County  assumed 
command  of  the  regiment. 

The  regiment  was  reorganized  at  Camp  Dennison.  Ohio, 
for  three  years'  service,  in  May  and  June,  3 SGI,  before  leaving 
the  State. 

The  months  of  May  and  June  were  spent  in  drill  and  dis- 
cipline at  Camp  Dennison,  and  in  July  the  regiment  joined 
General  McClellan's  forces,  then  operating  in  \Yestern  Vir- 
ginia. In  the  battle  at  Carnifex  Perry,  September  ]0th.  its 
courage  and  discipline  were  tested  and  not  found  wanting. 

On  the  Pith  of  December  it  joined  General  Buell's  army  in 


0'2  IIist<>r\'  of  Jerome   Toi^n 

Kentuckv.  where  il  remained  in  camp  until  February,  lS(i^. 
It  funned  the  advance  of  Knell's  forces  on  Nashville. 

(  )n  the  loth  of  March  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  report 
to  General  Crittenden.  (  )n  the  ll'th  Companies  A  and  (j  were 
detached  to  assist  in  repairing  bridges  on  the  Alabama  and 
Tennessee  Rivers,  and  on  April  <!nd  the  remaining  companies, 
under  command  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Hawkins,  joined  the 
column  on  the  march  to  ree'n force  General  Grant  at  1'ittshurg 
Landing. 

The  scene  of  action  was  reached  on  the  (ith,  and  the  regi- 
ment immediately  moved  forward  to  meet  the  foe.  In  a  des- 
perate struggle  with  the  Washington  Batten-  of  Xcw  <  Means 
the  Thirteenth  captured  it  entire.  The  eiiemv,  having  re- 
treated, the  Thirteenth  joined  in  the  investment  of  Corinth, 
and  after  the  evacuation  moved  with  Buell's  army  to  Chat- 
tanooga. 

In  the  meantime  Bragg  had  left  Chattanooga  and  was  on 
his  way  to  Louisville,  Ky..  with  designs  on  Ohio  and  Indiana. 
!  hen  commenced  the  "never-to-be-forgotten"  march  of  the 
Army  of  the  <  )hio.  From  this  time  until  the  advance  on  Mur- 
freesboro  the  regiment  was  constantly  emplnved  in  foraging, 
picket  dutv  and  skirmishing. 

<  )n  the  ".Mith  day  of  December  the  advance  commenced  and 
arrived    at    Stone     Kiver    on    the    evening    of    the    'J'.ith.      <  )n 
\\ednesrlay,   December  '!lst,  the    I  hirteenth.  under  Colonel    I. 
'  i.    llau-kiiK.  assisted   in  the  re-cue  of  a  train   that   was  about 
to  be  captured   bv  the  rebel  cavalrv.      A   few   hours   later  the 
terrible  but  brief  struggle  commenced   with  cost  the  regiment 
1  \'>.  officers  and  men  killed,  wounded  and  missing.      It   was  in 
this  engagement  that  Colonel   Hawkins  was  killed.     On  Janu- 
ary •Jnd.   1  >!',;;.  the  Thirteenth  again  participated  in  the  fight- 
ing, and  on  the  morning  of  the  :!rd.  Murfrcc-'boro  was  evacu- 
ated  and   the  eneinv   retreating.      During  this   series  of  battles 
the  regiment   lost    !>•">  othcer-  and  men. 

<  >n     lime    -1th    the    line   of    march    was    resumed,    and    the 
army  moved  southward.      It  took  an   active  part   in  the  battle 
of  Chickamauira,  on  the  Huh  and  'juth.      It  joined  the  advance 


History  of  Jerome  Township  93 

to  the  relief  of  Knoxville  and  pursued  the  enemy  across  the 
Holstein  River  to  Dandridge,  twenty-five  miles  from  the  Xorth 
Carolina  line,  then  returned  to  Knoxville.  In  January,  1S6-1, 
about  three-fourths  of  the  Thirteenth  reenlisted  for  another 
three  years,  and  after  the  furlough  home  promptly  reassembled 
at  Camp  Chase  and  returned  in  a  body  to  Chattanooga. 

In  May.  IS 64.  the  regiment  entered  upon  the  Atlanta  cam- 
paign, and  after  some  hard  skirmishing  gained  possession  of 
Tunnel  Hill,  Rocky  Face  Ridge  and  Dalton,  driving  the  enemy 
into  the  fortifications  at  Resaca.  In  the  assault  upon  Lost 
Mountain  on  the  ^Uh  of  May  the  Thirteenth  took  a  promi- 
nent part. 

The  forces,  unable  to  make  any  impression  on  the  enemy's 
works,  were  withdrawn,  the  regiment  losing  on  this  occasion 
fifty  killed,  wounded  and  prisoners.  On  the  !>th  of  June  it 
went  into  camp  at  Acworth.  keeping  up  a  continuous  skirmish 
with  the  retreating  enemy. 

About  this  time  the  term  of  enlistment  of  the  non-veterans 
expired.  The  veterans  of  the  regiment  were  consolidated  into 
a  battalion  of  four  companies,  to  be  called  the  Thirteenth  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry  Battalion.  It  participated  in  the  engage- 
ments at  Kenesaw.  Atlanta,  Jonesboro  and  Lovejoy.  then  went 
into  camp  six  miles  north  of  Atlanta.  On  the  1th  of  October 
the  battalion  joined  in  the  pursuit  of  Hood  into  Tennessee. 
Encountering  the  enemy  at  Franklin,  a  severe  struggle  ensued, 
in  which,  the  National  troops  were  again  successful.  On  De- 
cember .'>rd  the  Thirteenth  Battalion  entered  Xashville,  and 
from  this  time  until  the  battles  of  the  l~>th  and  Kith,  in  a 
charge  made  by  the  Third  Brigade,  the  Thirteenth  was  among 
the  first  over  the  works  and  assisted  in  the  capture  of  four 
guns.  After  the  defeat  at  Nashville  the  Confederate  Army 
retreated  rapidly  and  the  battalion  remained  quietly  in  camp 
at  Huntsville,  Ala. 

On  the  Kith  of  June.  1S(>.5,  the  Thirteenth,  with  the  Four- 
teenth Corps,  was  ordered  to  Texas,  where  it  remained  in 
service  until  December  .~>th,  1S(>.~).  Returning  to  Ohio,  it  was 
discharged  at  Columbus  January  11th,  lS(i(>,  having  served 


94 

four  year.-  and  nine  months  and  participated  in  nianv  decisive 
hattk-s.  Colonel  Joseph  ( i.  Hawkins  of  L'nion  County,  a 
brave  and  distinguished  otlicer.  was  killed  at  the  battle  of 
Stone  River.  Tennessee,  December  :>lst.  bs02. 

<  >ne  company  of  the  liUh  was  recruited  in  Union  County 
for  the  three  months'  service,  of  which  Joseph  Hawkins  was 
the  tirst  Captain,  and  lames  I).  Bain  and  Harvey  S.  Wood  of 
Jerome  Township  served  in  that  company,  assigned  as  Com- 
pany I'.  <  >n  reorganization  for  three  years'  service  Captain 
Hawkins  was  promoted  to  Major  and  J.  I.).  Smith  and  Jere- 
miah Slocum  both  served  as  Captains  of  this  company. 

Captain  Reason  R.  Henderson  of  Union  County  was 
severely  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Shiloh.  Term.,  April  ^th. 
lst>2.  and  was  discharged  bv  reason  of  his  wounds  September 
loth.  In  the  new  regiments  being  organized  there  was  a  great 
demand  for  experienced  soldiers  to  olhcer  these  organizations. 
Captain  Henderson  was  immediately  appointed  Major  of  the 
121st  Regiment.  <  >.  V.  I.  He  was  a  good  disciplinarian,  a  fine 
drill  master,  and  rendered  efficient  service  until  again  com- 
pelled to  leave  the  armv  on  account  of  his  wounds. 

I)avid  ( ).  Taylor  ot  Jerome  Township  was  killed  at  the 
battle  of  Dallas,  (Ja.,  Mav  v!Tth.  IsOl,  and  the  total  loss  in 
the  regiment,  killed  and  died  of  wounds  and  disease,  was  ''''\. 
<M  the  Hi"  men  who  enlisted  in  this  regiment  from  L'nion 
Count v  the  loss  in  killed  and  wounded  or  bv  disea-e  was  fortv- 
iive. 


The    11th    <  )hio    \olunteer    Infantrv   three   month-'    -er\  ire 

was  organized  at   Camp  .\nder>on.   Lancaster,  '  'liio.  and  \\;;- 

•  n;   lered  inio  the   I".   S.   service  A]>nl   ~l',l\\.    [Mil.  tn.der  com- 

!  nf  (  'olonel  John    McCf)imell. 

I  lie  regiment   wa»  immediately  ordered  to  \  ir^mia  and  i\\> 


History  of  Jerome  Toivnship  95 

Ohio,  and  were  mustered  out  of  the  U.  S.  service  August  15th, 
1861,  at  Camp  Goddard.  During  their  service  the  loss  was 
three  men — one  by  drowning  and  two  by  disease.  As  shown 
by  the  official  record,  twenty-nine  Jerome  Township  soldiers 
served  in  Company  G  of  this  regiment,  organized  at  Plain  City 
and  commanded  by  Captain  Thomas  J.  Haynes. 

It  was  one  of  the  first  regiments  to  respond  to  the  call  of 
President  Lincoln  for  75.0UO  men.  Every  soldier  of  Jerome 
Township  who  served  in  this  regiment  reenlisted  in  the  three 
years'  service  and  a  number  of  them  were  killed  or  died  in 
the  army.  Jerome  Township  furnished  her  full  quota  under 
the  first  call,  and  every  call  thereafter.  The  l.tth  Regiment 
organized  for  three  years  had  a  distinguished  service  and 
served  in  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland  throughout  the  war, 
participating  in  many  decisive  battles,  but  it  seems  that  no 
Jerome  Township  soldiers  served  in  that  regiment.  The 
losses  by  death  were  'i'-Vi  in  the  three  years'  service. 

THIRTIETH:  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

The  30th  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry  is  named  as  one  of  the 
three  hundred  fighting  regiments,  and  is  well  entitled  to  that 
honor  for  distinguished  service. 

Company  E  of  the  30th  Ohio  Infantry  was  organized  by 
Captain  Elijah  Warner  at  Jerome,  Union  County,  Ohio,  in  the 
month  of  August,  1SG1,  and  marched  thence  to  Camp  Chase, 
a  distance  of  twenty  miles,  where  it  arrived  on  the  19th  day 
of  August.  On  the  29th  the  company  was  mustered  into  the 
United  States  service,  with  the  following  commissioned  offi- 
cers: Elijah  Warner,  Captain;  llenrv  R.  I'rinkerhoff,  First 
Lieutenant,  and  Henry  ilensel.  Second  Lieutenant. 

(  )n  the  3<Hh  the  regiment  was  ordered  into  the  field,  and 
on  the  2nd  of  September  arrived  at  Clarksburg1,  W.  \  a.,  then 
moved  forward  to  Weston,  where  it  received  its  first  out  lit  of 
camp  and  garrison  equipage.  On  September  (ith  the  regiment 
joined  General  Rosecrans  at  Sutton  Heights,  leaving  four  com- 
panies— I),  F.  G,  and  I — at  this  place  and  two — C  and  E — at 


I!i!^  I'.irch  Ciottom.  The  remainder  of  the  regiment  moved 
forward  and  on  the  evening  of  the  Huh  discerned  the  enemy 
near  (  iawley  River,  at  Carnifex  Ferry,  where  a  sharp  encoun- 
ter  ensiled.  Xi^ht  coming  on.  ended  the  battle.  Marly  on 
the  following  morning  it  was  discovered  that  the  enemy  had 
evacuated  their  position  and  retraced  across  the  ri\'er. 

Colonel  Fwins^  was  the  first  man  to  enter  tlu:  deserted  forti- 
fication-, lie  fotmd.  amid  a  multitude  of  camp  and  garrison 
spoils,  two  tine  French  dress  swords,  one  bearing  the  coal  of 
arms  of  Xapuk-on  1.  and  a  stand  of  colors  hearing  the  follow- 
ing inscription  : 

"   Fl.(  >YI>'s    IjRIC.AIU:." 

The  1'ncc  of  Lihci't\  is  the  />7<>('(/  <>f  the  Hrai'C." 

The  regiment  \vas  mustered  into  the  United  Slates  service 
at  (/amp  Chase.  (  )hio.  fin  the  'v<sth  dav  of  An^'ti-t.  l>iil.  for 
three  years,  tinder  Colonel  lohn  ( iroesbeck.  \vlio  was  soon 
sticceeded  hv  Colonel  1  I  nidi  I'Lwiny.  The  regiment  served  in 
\\est  \  ir^'inia  in  detachment-  until  August.  l>ii'.'.  (  >n  tlie 
1 'It'll  of  that  month  the  regiment  started  to  join  the  army  r.i 
[•"astern  \  irinma.  The  ri^ht  \\''m<^  rejiorted  for  duty  at  Gen- 
eral Cope's  headquarters  on  the  '.''ah.  and  after  the  en^a.^e- 
menl  at  (  enterville  the  left  win^r  joined  the  ri^T.t.  liayini^  Seen 

ler  lire  htu  not  en^a^ed  with  the  mu-ketrv  iii  the  battle  at 
tin-  ; 

'  >n  the  ''lid  of  Septemher  the  regiment   wa<  relieved   from 
duty  at  General    Cope's  headquarters  and  joined  its  brigade— 
the  f-'irst-  -at   L"ptf;n   II  ills.     <  >n  the  ^th  it  moved  to  Fredcrirk 
City.   Md..  and  on  the   1  Itli  arrived  at   South   Mountain,  where 
a    -cvcre   -tniL;'Lrie   witli   the  enemy   took   place,   \\-ith   a   loss   of 
eighteen  men  killed  and  forty-ei^dit  wounded.      In  thi-  en^as^e 
nient    (  ompany    F    suflered    most    severeh  :    out     killed 

and  six  wounded. 

In    the    battle    of    Amietam    the    Thirtieth,    lacking    pi 

rt.  was  thrown  back  into  slight  coi  :"  i    ]  compi'!K-d 

to    ;"    II    '  i;     k.       It    lo-t    three   rjfficers    killed      nd   1 

'    men    killed    and    thirty-seven    wounded.      The    Xatii 

ir-   were  lorn   in   imirteen  places  bv  the  enemv's  balls,  and 


History  of  Jerome  Township  97 

two  color-bearers.  Sergeants  Carter  and  Xathan  J.  White,  fell 
dead  on  the  field.  A  stand  of  colors  was  rescued  on  this  occa- 
sion by  David  McKim  of  Company  E. 

On  the  10th  of  October  the  Thirtieth  moved  into  West 
Virginia,  and  on  the  loth  of  November  went  into  camp  near 
Cannelton.  A  few  weeks  later  it  started  on  a  march  into 
Logan  Count)-,  returning  with  seventeen  prisoners  and  sev- 
en! v-five  horses.  In  January,  1863,  it  moved  down  the  Ohio 
and  Mississippi  to  join  General  Grant's  army,  and  on  arriving 
at  Helena,  Ark.,  was  assigned  to  the  Third  Brigade,  Second 
Division  of  the  Fifteenth  Army  Corps.  On  the  21st  it  landed 
at  Young's  Point,  and  for  a  few  weeks  worked  on  the  canal 
at  that  place.  In  March  it  moved  to  the  relief  of  a  gunboat 
in  Steel's  Bayou,  returning  to  Young's  Point  on  the  :<JSth. 

( )n  the  '39th  of  April  the  regiment  embarked  on  the  R.  B. 
Hamilton,  and  with  other  troops  engaged  in  a  demonstration 
on  llaines'  Bluffs.  In  May  it  joined  in  the  movement  upon 
Vicksburg.  and  from  the  2Uth  until  the  surrender  of  this 
stronghold  the  regiment  was  constantly  engaged  either  in 
fatigue  or  picket  duty  or  in  assaulting  the  enemy's  works. 
The  loss  of  the  Thirtieth  during  the  siege  was  one  commis- 
sioned officer  killed  and  six  wounded,  six  men  killed  and  forty- 
eight  wounded.  After  the  surrender  of  Yicksburg  the  regi- 
ment pursued  Johnson  to  Jackson,  and  upon  the  evacuation 
of  that  place  returned  and  went  into  camp  at  Black  River. 

( )n  the  2Gth  of  September  it  moved  with  Sherman  via 
Memphis  to  Chattanooga,  and  on  the  25th  of  October  partici- 
pated in  the  assault  upon  Mission  Ridge,  losing  thirty-nine 
men  killed  and  wounded. 

In  November  the  Thirtieth  followed  in  pursuit  of  the  re- 
treating rebels,  returning  to  Bridgeport,  Ala.,  on  the  l!Hh  of 
December.  During  this  time  the  men  were  compelled  to  sub- 
sist oil  the  country,  with  the  exception  of  two  days'  rations 
issued  on  the  2!Hh  day  of  November. 

In  January,  1SG1.  the  regiment  reenlisted,  and  after  the 
furlough  home  joined  Sherman's  forces  at  Kingston,  Ga.,  on 
the  2<>th  day  of  May.  (  )n  the  vNJrd  it  started  on  the  march 


98  History  of  Jcmmc  To 

through  Dallas  and  Ac\vorth,  and  on  the  l!Hh  of  Tune  arrived 
at  the  foot  of  Kenesaw  Mountain.  During  this  march  the 
Thirtieth  was  almost  continuously  under  tire.  It  took  an  ac- 
tive part  in  the  battle  on  the  2(ith,  losing  thirty-five  men  killed 
and  wounded.  ( )n  Julv  2nd  the  regiment  moved  toward  At- 
lanta, and  on  the  22nd  was  attacked  and  thrown  into  some 
confusion  at  first,  but  soon  rallied  and  succeeded  in  repulsing 
the  enemy,  not.  however,  without  considerable  loss.  ( )n  the 
2*th  the  regiment  gallantly  stood  its  ground  and  resisted  four 
successive  attacks  of  the  enemy,  losing  thirtv  men  killed  and 
wounded.  Under  its  fire  the  foe  forsook  a  stand  of  colors 
and  in  its  immediate  front  K>5  dead  rebels  were  found. 

The  Thirtieth  was  transferred  to  the  Thirst  Brigade  on  the 
5th  of  August,  and  on  the  2!)th  the  non-veterans  were  mus- 
tered out.  On  the  :>.lst  the  rebels  attacked  the  line  of  the 
First  Brigade,  but  were  repulsed,  the  Thirtieth  losing  in  tin's 
encounter  twenty-five  men  killed  and  wounded. 

On  the  2nd  of  September  [onesboro  was  evacuated  bv  the 
enemy,  the  regiment  pursuing  them  to  Lovejoy's  Station. 
After  .-[tending  several  weeks  in  camp  at  Fast  Point,  the  Thir- 
tieth followed  in  pursuit  of  Tlood's  army  into  Alabama,  re- 
turned to  Atlanta,  then  marched  to  Fort  .McAllister  and  took 
part  in  the  successful  assault  on  that  place. 

After  the  fall  of  Savannah  the  regiment  passed  through  the 
Carolinas.  having  a  sharp  engagement  with  Johnson  at  Ben- 
tonville.  and  frequent  skirmishes  with  the  eiiemv.  It  arrived 
at  (  ioldsboro  March  21th,  1  M>5  ;  then  proceeded  to  Raleigh  on 
the  1  1th  of  Apni.  and  aided  in  the  capture  of  Johnson's  army. 

The  Thirtieth  marched  to  Washington  via  Richmond,  and 
after  pa-sing  in  review,  moved  to  Louisville.  Ky..  and  thence 
to  Little  Rock.  Ark.  Here  the  regiment  remained  in  cam]) 
until  mustered  out  August  21st,  ISU5.  having  participated  in 
twentv  engagement-  and  having  it-  color-  -hot  in  almost  everv 


History  of  Jerome  Township  99 

marched  and  were  transported  by  water  and  railroads  several 
thousand  miles. 

Of  the  commanders  of  the  regiment.  Colonel  John  Groes- 
beck  was  transferred  to  the  39th  O.  V.  I. ;  Colonel  Hugh 
Ewing  and  Colonel  Theodore  Jones  were  both  promoted  to 
Brigadier-Generals ;  Lieutenant  Henry  Brinkerhoft  was  pro- 
moted to  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  Second  Mississippi  Regi- 
ment, U.  S.  C.  T.  He  remained  in  the  Regular  Army  after 
the  close  of  the  war,  had  a  long  and  honorable  service,  and 
was  retired  with  the  rank  of  Colonel  but  a  few  years  ago. 

Captain  Elijah  Warner  was  promoted  to  Major  and  James 
D.  Bain  was  promoted  to  the  Captaincy  of  Company  E. 

The  total  losses  in  the  regiment,  killed,  died  of  wounds  and 
disease,  as  shown  by  the  official  record,  were  two  hundred  and 
seventy-seven. 

( )ne  hundred  and  two  soldiers  served  in  Company  E  of 
Jerome  Township,  and  the  loss,  killed  and  died  of  wounds  and 
disease,  was  thirty-two,  or  about  33  per  cent  of  the  total  en- 
listments. Many  others  were  wounded  and  a  number  were 
prisoners  of  war.  • 

32ND   REGIMENT,   OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

The  32nd  Ohio  Infantry  was  organized  during  the  summer 
of  LSG1,  under  Colonel  T.  C.  Ford,  and  was  one  of  the  first 
regiments  to  answer  the  call  of  the  President  for  three  years' 
service. 

Company  I?  of  this  regiment  was  recruited  in  L'nion  and 
Champaign  Counties,  and  was  mustered  into  the  service  at 
Camp  Chase  August  9th,  1<S(!1,  with  the  following  commis- 
sioned officers:  W.  A.  Palmer,  Captain;  A.  B.  Parmeter, 
First  Lieutenant,  and  J.  B.  Whelpley,  Second  Lieutenant.  It 
joined  the  regiment  at  Camp  Bartley,  near  Mansfield. 

Four  soldiers  of  Jerome  Township  served  in  Company  B 
of  this  regiment  —  John  P.  McDowell,  Robert  N.  McDowell, 
John  0.  Robinson  and  Henry  M.  Converse.  Robert  N.  Mc- 
Dowell died  in  the  service,  and  John  P.  McDowell  and  John 


It ii i  }fistc>'\'  (if  Jci'(>tac  7\>u')iship 

K  Robinson  reenlisted  as  veterans  and  .served  until  July  '-Mull. 
lvi>.~>,  participating  in  all  the  campaigns  and  battles  of  the  regi- 
ment for  four  years  and  until  the  last  shot  was  fired. 

After  remaining  a  short  time  at  Camp  Bartley  the  regi- 
ment was  transferred  to  Camp  Dennison,  where  it  was 
equipped,  armed  and  ordered  to  the  front,  joining  the  Union 
forces  at  Cheat  Mountain  Summit.  West  Virginia,  on  the  :>rd 
of  (  tctober.  In  December  it  accompanied  General  Milroy  in 
the  movement  on  Camp  Alleghanv.  losing  on  this  occasion  four 
killed  and  fourteen  wounded.  After  this  expedition  the  regi- 
ment >pent  the  winter  in  camp  at  fleverlv,  and  in  the  spring  of 
IM'I'J  took  part  in  the  actions  against  Cam])  Alleghanv.  I  lunts- 
ville  and  McDowell.  In  the  engagement  at  Dull  Pasture 
Mountain,  on  the  sth  of  May.  when  the  Union  Army  fell  back 
to  Franklin,  closely  followed  by  the  enemy,  the  :^nd  was  the 
last  regiment  to  leave  the  field,  and  lost  on  this  occasion  six 
killed  and  fifty-three  wounded.  While  at  Franklin  it  was 
transferred  to  General  Schenck's  brigade,  and  was  with  Gen- 
eral Fremont  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley  and  shared  in  the  en- 
gagements at  Cross  Keys  and  Port  Republic  on  the  Mb  and 
'.uh  of  lune.  Returning  up  the  vallev  it  remained  at  Winches- 
ter. \  ;;..  until  September  1st.  then  moved  to  Harpers  Ferrv. 
losing  !-"i"  men  in  the  engagement  on  the  1  Ith. 

In  fanuary.  IV'N!.  the  regiment  was  ordered  South,  joined 
the  army  at  Mcmphi-.  Tenu..  and  was  with  the  army  under 
Gram  in  his  advance  in  the  rear  of  Vick.-burg.  taking  part  in 
th.e  action  at  ! 'ort  Gibson  and  in  the  battles  of  Raymond,  lack- 
son  and  Champion  Hills.  In  the  la-t-named  engagement  it 
made  a  bayonet  charge  and  captured  the  Fir-t  Mississippi 
rebel  battery.  For  this  feat  of  gallant rv  the  batterv  was 
turned  over  to  Company  F  ot  this  regiment,  which  became 
the  '.'(ith  i  »hio  I  lattery. 

In  th.e  as-ault  upon  \"ick-burg.  in  May.   lxii:>.  the  regiment 

wa-  in  the  front  line  of  the  forces  operating  against  that  rebel 

ild.    and    it.    with    the    Fourth     Divi-ion.     Seventeenth! 

Corp-.  General    I.  A.  Logan  commanding,  was  detailed  to  take 

p, ,,..,( -,-.],  m  at  thc  surrender. 


History  of  Jerome  TwnsJiip  101 

The  32nd  lost  in  this  campaign  and  siege  225  men.  In 
July,  1863,  the  regiment  moved  with  Stevenson  to  Monroe, 
La.,  and  in  ( )ctober  accompanied  McPherson  to  Brownsville, 
Miss.  In  February,  1861,  it  operated  under  Sherman  at  Meri- 
dian, then  returned  to  Yicksburg,  reenlisted,  and  after  the 
furlough  home  joined  Sherman's  army  at  Ac  worth.  Ga.,  on 
the  10th  of  June.  It  was  in  the  assault  on  Kenesaw  Mountain, 
on  the  '27th  of  June,  and  at  Nicojack  Creek  on  the  loth  of 
July.  In  the  fighting  around  Atlanta  on  the  '30th,  21st,  22nd 
and  28th  the  32nd  took  an  active  part,  losing  more  than  half 
its  numbers. 

After  the  fall  of  Atlanta  the  regiment  joined  in  the  pursuit 
of  Hood,  marched  with  Sherman  to  the  sea,  and  through  the 
Carolina*,  and  on  the  20th  and  21st  of  March,  1865,  took  part 
in  the  engagement  at  Bentonville,  then  moved  with  the  Na- 
tional forces  to  Raleigh,  and  was  present  at  Johnston's  sur- 
render. Marched  through  Richmond  to  \Yashington  and  took 
part  in  the  grand  review  before  the  President  and  his  cabinet. 
After  which  it  moved  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  was  mustered  out  of 
the  service  July  20th,  then  proceeded  to  Columbus,  Ohio, 
where  the  men  received  their  final  discharge  on  the  25th  day 
of  July,  1865. 

It  is  claimed  that  the  32nd  Regiment  lost  and  received  more 
men  than  any  other  from  Ohio.  Company  1!  entered  the  field 
in  September,  186],  108  strong,  and  during  the  war  received 
sixty-eight  recruits,  making  the  total  enlistments  176.  The 
company  lost,  while  in  the  field,  ten  killed  and  died  of  wounds, 
eleven  wounded,  seventeen  died  of  disease,  and  seven  taken 
prisoners. 

Russell  B.  Bennett,  Chaplain  of  the  32nd,  was  known  in 
the  Seventeenth  Army  Corps  as  the  "Fighting  Chaplain."  lie 
not  only  believed  in  the  efficacy  of  prayer,  but  also  believed  in 
the  efficacy  of  shot  and  shell,  and  instead  of  remaining  in  the 
rear  during  an  engagement,  he  was  always  up  in  the  front  line, 
not  only  to  minister  to  the  wounded  and  dying,  but,  with  gun 
in  hand,  taking  iiis  place  in  the  ranks  and  encouraging  the 
soldiers  by  his  coolness  and  bravery. 


10.2  Historv  of  Jerome   Township 

(  )f  the  many  in.-tances  in  which  lie  rendered  good  services 
during  a  battle  we  give  one  as  related  by  the  buys  of  the  regi- 
ment : 

<  >n  the  day  the  brave  and  gallant  McPlierson  fell  (July 
t?'2nd.  1N>-1  ).  tlii'  Seventeenth  Corps  was  hotly  engaged.  The 
Mviul  Regiment  was  flanked  on  all  sides  and  was  compelled  to 
change  front  several  times,  not  knowing  in  what  direction  to 
next  look  for  the  enemy. 

At  one  time,  during  a  few  moments'  lull  in  the  battle,  the 
o'viid  was  Iving  down  in  the  edge  of  a  cornfield  waiting  for 
the  next  attack.  The  Chaplain,  cautioning  the  bovs  tu  lie  verv 
still  and  protect  themselves  as  best  they  could,  advanced  into 
the  cornfield  to  make-  a  reconnoissance.  and,  mounting  a  stump 
some  fort\"  or  liftv  yards  in  front  of  the  line,  discovered  the 
battle  line  of  the  enemy  rapidly  advancing,  and  moving  back 
to  his  regiment  passed  the  word  along  the  line  that  the  enemy 
was  close  upon  them.  Then,  taking  the  musket  of  William 
15.  Mitchell  of  Company  ]j  —  brother  to  John  and  James 
Mitchell  of  Marysville  (both  deceased J — he  fired1  on  the  ad- 
vancing line.  Mitchell,  lying  upon  the  ground,  would  rapidly 
reload  the  gun.  and  again  Bennett  would  fire,  and  all  the  time 
exhorting  the  bovs  to  "lie  low"  until  the  enemy  were  close  upon 
them,  then  to  "fire  low." 

All  thi-  time  he  stood  erect,  not  seeming  to  have  any 
thought  nf  his  own  safety,  but  onlv  solicitous  for  the  >oldicrs 
of  tlu-  regiment,  whom  he  loved  so  dearlv.  Mitchell  wa-  killed 
as  he  lay  on  the  ground,  and  his  bodv  falling  into  the  hands 
of  the  enemv,  was  never  recovered.  Dennett  was  universally 
respected  and  loved  bv  all  the  officers  and  -oldicr-  of  the  regi- 
ment, and  today  tin-  boy-  all  have  a  good  word  for  Chaplain 
ilennett.  win.  died  a  few  vears  ago. 

Tin  regiment  ha-  to  its  credit  twenty-two  important  bat- 
tle-, be-ides  many  -kirmishe-.  More  than  2, .")()( I  -oldicrs 
served  in  the  regiment  and  r>i>o  were  mu-tercd  out  at  the  close 
of  the  war.  and  the  loss  in  killed  and  died  of  wound.-  and 
di-ea-e  was  two  hundred  and  lortv-mne. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  103 

31TH    REGIMENT,    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

This  regiment  was  organized  at  Camp  Lucas,  Clermont 
County,  in  the  summer  of  1861,  under  Colonel  Abraham  S. 
Piatt.  About  September  1st  it  moved  to  Camp  Dennison, 
( )hio.  The  regiment  was  equipped  and  the  men  uniformed  in 
light  blue  Zouave  dress  and  was  called  the  Piatt  Zouaves,  and 
was  ordered  to  West  Virginia  in  September.  The  baptism  of 
tire  was  with  a  Virginia  regiment  at  Chapmanville,  Va.,  Sep- 
tember 25th,  in  which  the  loss  was  one  killed  and  eight 
wounded. 

During  the  fall  and  winter  months  the  regiment  was  on 
picket  duty  and  scouting,  and  had  some  skirmishing  with 
guerillas.  In  the  month  of  May,  1865,  the  regiment  had  a 
sharp  fight  with  the  rebel  forces  under  Humphry  Marshall, 
near  Princeton.  In  an  engagement  near  Fayettesville,  Va., 
September  10th,  the  regiment  lost  13-1  killed,  wounded  and 
missing,  and  the  loss  in  officers  was  very  heavy.  After  this 
fight  they  fell  back  to  Point  Pleasant.  Va.  The  regiment  was 
on  garrison  duty  until  May,  1863.  In  that  month  the  regi- 
ment was  mounted  and  their  next  engagement  was  at  Wythes- 
ville.  where  Colonel  Toland  of  the  31th  was  killed. 

In  January.  1864.  a  large  number  of  the  regiment  ree'n- 
listed  as  veterans.  After  the  veteran  furlough  the  regiment 
was  engaged  in  raiding  and  destroying  railroads,  during  the 
months  of  May  and  June,  and  was  engaged  in  the  great 
Lynchburg  raid  under  General  Hunter.  They  saw  some  hard 
service  and  the  losses  were  heavy. 

In  a  fight  near  Winchester,  July  2<">th,  the  loss  was  thirty 
killed  and  wounded,  and  Lieutenant  Colonel  Shaw  of  the  31th 
was  mortally  wounded.  In  the  battle  of  Winchester,  Septem- 
ber llJth,  they  were  hotlv  engaged  and  six  men  of  the  color 
guard  were  killed,  the  total  loss  being  sixty. 

In  the  fall  of  1861  and  the  winter  of  iMio  the  regiment  was 
on  garrison  duty  the  greater  part  of  the  time  at  Beverly.  The 
regiment  was  verv  much  reduced  in  numbers  and  at  Cumber- 
land, Md.,  the  survivors  were  consolidated  with  the  36th  Ohio 


10 1 

Volunteer   Infantrv.      It   was  afterward   known    as    the 
Regiment,  <  Miio   Veteran   Volunteer   Infantrv. 

The  regiment  was  in  thirty-three  battles,  tights  and  skir- 
mishes, and  the  lo--  in  killed  and  died  of  wounds  and  disease 
was  two  hundred  and  sixty.  The  first  Colonel.  A.  S.  Piatt, 
was  promoted  to  Brigadier-General  and  two  commanders  of 
the  regiment  were  killed  on  the  field. 

40TI1    REGIMEXT.    OHIO    YOLUXTEER    IXFAXTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

This  regiment  was  organized  at  Camp  Chase.  (  )hio.  in  the 
summer  and  fall  of  IMil.  and  was  mustered  in  as  a  regiment 
December  llth  under  Colom.-!  Jonathan  Cranor.  Fight  sol- 
diers of  the  regiment  were  credited  to  Jerome  Township,  one 
of  whom.  Jes-e  V.  McDowell,  died  in  the  service. 

The  regiment  served  throughout  the  war  in  the  Army  of 
the  Cumberland  and  participated  in  a  number  of  decisive  bat- 
tle-, including  Chickamauga,  where  it  came  on  the  field  in 
Granger's  Corps  and  Steadman's  Division  just  at  the  critical 
time  Sundav  afternoon.  September  '2'ith.  IM>.'!.  fought  under 
<  ieneral  George  11.  Thomas,  "The  Rock"  of  Chickamauga,"  and 
was  a  part  of  the  I'nion  Armv  that  saved  the  day  in  that 
bloody  battle.  The\  lo-t  heavilv.  and  among  the  wounded  was 
Dell  Miodgrass  of  Jerome  Township. 

The  regiment  left  Cam])  Chase,  Ohio,  for  the  front  De- 
cember llth.  iMi!,  was  ordered  to  northeastern  Kentuckv 
and  \vas  -0011  actively  engaged  in  scouting  and  skirmishing  on 
the  Ilig  San.dv  River  with  the  Confederate  Annv  under 
1  lumphrev  Mar-hall. 

I::  [anuarv,  1>'-'J.  it  took  an  active  pan  MI  the  battle  of 
Middle  *  reek;  then  went  into  camp  at  Pamtville.  It  operated 
in  Kentuckv  and  \  irgnna  tnitil  February.  1  >(!.'!.  when  i!  moved 
to  Xashville.  Tenn..  and  was  a--igned  to  the  I;ir-t  I'.rigade, 
F:r-t  Divi-i<m.  Reserve  (.'orps.  then  at  Franklin. 

\\"hile  at  tin-  place  the  Fortieth  repul-ed  an  attack  made  bv 
Van  1  lorn  with  a  large  mounted  force.  (  )n  the  '.'ml  of  June  it 
moved  to  Triune,  and  on  the  '.'-'ird  joined  Ro-eeran-'  army  in 


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History  of  Jerome  Tounisliip  105 

the  movement  upon  Shelbyville,  Wartrace  and  Tullahoma.  It 
remained  at  \\"artrace  and  Tullahoma  until  Septem1)er  1th, 
when  it  moved  forward  in  the  advance  on  Chattanooga  and 
took  an  active  part  in  the  battle  of  Chickamauga.  Soon  after 
this  engagement  the  regiment  went  into  camp  at  Shellmound, 
where  four  of  its  companies  reenlisted.  In  the  battle  of 
Lookout  Mountain,  November  24t\\,  the  Fortieth  took  a  promi- 
nent part.  In  January,  186-i,  in  went  into  camp  near  Cleve- 
land, Tennessee,  and  in  May  entered  upon  the  Atlanta  cam- 
paign, participating  in  nearly  all  the  battles  through  to  the  end. 

In  the  battle  of  Lookout  Mountain,  November  21th.  ISti^, 
the  regiment  fought  with  conspicuous  bravery  and  was  highly 
complimented  in  general  orders.  The  regiment  lost  heavily 
on  the  Atlanta  campaign,  and  among  the  killed  were  Captain 
C.  F.  Snodgrass,  Captain  Charles  Converse  and  Major  Thomas 
Acton  died  of  wounds. 

Captain  James  Watson  was  promoted  to  Lieutenant 
Colonel  and  commanded  the  regiment  at  the  close  of  the  war. 
The  regiment  participated  in  seventeen  battles  and  lights,  be- 
sides many  skirmishes,  and  the  losses  by  death — killed,  died  of 
wounds  and  disease — were  two  hundred  and  thirty-seven. 
The  regiment  had  a  service  in  which  the  survivors  may  well 
take  a  just  pride. 

At  Pine  Knob,  Georgia,  on  the  1th  of  October,  Companies 
A,  B,  C,  and  D  were  mustered  out,  and  the  remainder  of  the 
regiment  moved  with  the  Fourth  Corps,  sharing  in  the  pursuit 
of  Hood  and  in  the  retreat  before  Mood  from  Pulaski. 

In  December,  ISG-i,  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  the  non-veterans 
were  mustered  out,  and  the  veterans  consolidated  with  the 
Fifty-first  ( )hio  Infantry.  The  combined  regiment  was  then 
transferred  with  the  Fourth  Corps  to  Texas,  where  it  per- 
formed guard  duty  until  mustered  out  December  o.  .lS(Jo. 
About  forty  men  from  Union  County  were  members  of  Com- 
pany I)  of  this  regiment,  four  of  whom  were  killed,  six  died 
in  the  hospital,  two  were  drowned,  and  three  were  wounded. 


JIM; 

-liiTII    REGIMENT.   OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 
THREE  VICARS'  SERMCE. 

This  regiment  was  organized  at  Worthington.  (  )hio.  in  the 
fall  of  ixil  and  was  mustered  into  the  United  States  service 
October  Kith,  1M>1,  under  Colonel  Thomas  \Vorthington  and 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Charles  C.  \\"alcutt.  Colonel  \\"orthington 
resigned  November  vMsl.  I  Mi:?,  and  Lieutenant  Colonel  \Yai- 
cutt  was  promoted  to  Colonel  and  commanded  the  regiment 
with  marked  ability  through  many  of  the  hard  and  decisive 
battles  m  which  it  participated. 

Colonel  \Valcutt  was  promoted  to  Brigadier  General  for 
distinguished  service  on  the  held.  He  was  severely  wounded 
twice,  and  was  one  of  General  Grant's  most  trusted  young 
officers  in  the  Army  of  the  Tennessee. 

Nine  soldiers  of  this  regiment,  of  whom  Sergeant  James 
( iowan  was  one,  served  from  lerome  Township.  Sergeant 
Gowan  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Mission  Ridge.  Tenn..  No- 
vember vl.'jth.  IM;:>.  and  William  Hudson  and  Thomas  Wray 
died  in  the  service.  To  have  served  in  this  regiment  through 
its  manv  campaigns  and  battles  was  a  distinguished  honor. 
The  other  >ix  names  arc1  William  \'>.  I  lerriott.  I 'avid  M. 
Pence.  John  I1,  \\ilhams,  Charles  C.  Comstock,  .\inmon  i '. 
Converse  and  Edward  1\.  llucklcv. 

The  regiment  joined  (  ieneral  Sherman's  armv  at  I'aducah. 
Kentucky,  in  Fcbruarv.  iMi'?,  and  participated  in  the  bloodv 
battle  of  Shiloh.  Tenn.,  April  lith  and  1th,  IM!;?.  The  loss 
was  V '.'.")  killed.,  wounded  and  captured. 

In  .April  tin1  regiment  moved  with  the  army  upon  Corinth. 
The  >ummer  ot  lMi:j  was  >pent  at  Memphis,  and  in  November 
the  ['"ortv-sixtli  >tarted  on  a  campaign  through  Mississippi 
under  General  <  irant.  In  Inne.  IM'.;},  it  participated  in  the 
-iege  of  X'icksburg,  and  after  the  surrender  moved  upon 
fackson.  In  '  Jctober  the  regiment,  under  Sherman,  em- 
barked for  Memphis  and  Chattanooga.  It  took  part  in  the 
a--ault  on  Mission  Ridge.  >u>taining  a  hea\-v  loss;  then 
marched  to  the  relief  of  Knoxville. 

At   Re-aca,   New    Hope  Church.  Kenesaw.  anil  the  various 


History  of  Jerome  Tozvuship  107 

battles  and  skirmishes  of  the  Atlanta  campaign,  the  Forty- 
sixth  was  ever  at  the  front.  At  Ezra  Church  the  regiment 
especially  distinguished  itself  in  repelling  the  attacking  rebels 
and  capturing  the  colors  of  the  Thirtieth  Louisiana.  After 
the  fall  of  Atlanta,  the  regiment  pursued  Hood  into  northern 
Alabama  and  Tennessee.  In  November  it  marched  with 
Sherman  to  the  sea,  participating  in  a  sharp  encounter  at 
Griswoldsville  and  in  the  skirmishing  around  Savannah. 
From  Savannah  it  moved  to  Bentonville,  where  it  was  com- 
plimented for  gallant  conduct  in  the  battle  at  that  place. 

The  Forty-sixth  moved  through  the  Carolinas,  on  to 
Washington,  and  after  the  grand  review  proceeded  to  Louis- 
ville, Ky.,  where  it  was  mustered  out  on  the  2'hid  of  July,  1865. 

The  regiment  has  to  its  record  eighteen  battles,  as  shown 
by  the  official  records,  with  many  skirmishes  ;  marched  many 
hundreds  of  miles,  was  on  the  firing  line  when  the  war  closed, 
and  fought  in  the  last  battle  of  General  Sherman's  at  Benton- 
ville, X.  C,  March  l!)th,  1S65.  The  losses,  killed,  died  of 
wounds  and  disease,  were  2!K>,  and  the  total  casualties  as 
shown  by  the  official  record  were  seven  hundred  and  twenty- 
five. 

5-iTH    REGIMENT.    OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

This  regiment  was  organized  at  Camp  Uennison,  Ohio,  in 
the  summer  and  fail  of  isiil,  under  Colonel  Thomas  Kirby 
Smith,  who  was  promoted  to  a  Brigadier-General  August 
llth,  18G3. 

Fourteen  Jerome  Township  soldiers  are  credited  to  the 
regiment,  of  whom  James  Clark  and  David  Kent  died  in  the 
service.  The  regiment  was  ordered  to  Kentucky  in  February, 
,ls(52,  and  arrived  at  Paducah  on  the  ^<>th  of  that  month, 
where  it  was  assigned  to  the  division  of  General  \Y.  T.  Sher- 
man. The  regiment  was  among  the  first  troops  to  arrive  by 
steamer,  going  up  the  Tennessee  River,  at  IMttsburg  Landing, 
early  in  March. 

It  was   on  outpost   duty  continuously  through   the  month 


1(>8  Histury  cf  Jc;\»nc   Township 

of  March,  and  when  the  battle  of  Shiloh  commenced  it  held 
the  Cnion  line-  on  the  extreme  left.  It  participated  in  that 
bloody  battle,  April  lith  and  1th.  with  a  loss  in  killed,  wounded 
and  missing  of  about  two  hundren  men.  During  the  siege  of 
Corinth  the  regiment  was  on  the  front  line  the  greater  part 
of  the  time  until  the  evacuation  of  that  stronghold  by  the 
Confederates.  May  :!«th.  and  had  a  number  of  skirmi-hes  and 
minor  engagements. 

Soon  after  the  evacuation  of  Corinth  the  regiment  moved 
with  the  Division  to  La(  irange,  Tenn.,  and  then  on  to  Holly 
Spring-.  Miss.  In  July  the  regiment  marched  to  Memphis. 
Tenn..  and  from  here  was  on  several  scouting  and  recon- 
noitenng  expeditions,  and  was  with  the  advance  of  Sherman's 
army  on  the  first  expedition  against  Vicksburg. 

In  the  engagement  at  Chickasaw  Bayou,  on  the  '^Mh  and 
v'.'th  of  December,  the  regiment  lost  twentv  men  killed  and 
wounded.  In  January.  l*iio.  it  took  part  in  the  assault  and 
capture  of  Arkansas  Post. 

From  thi-  place  the  Fifty-fourth  proceeded  to  Young's 
Point.  La.,  and  for  a  time  was  emploved  in  digging  a  canal; 
then  marched  to  the  rescue  of  a  fleet  of  gunboat-  which  were 
about  to  be  de.-troved.  In  Mav  it  moved  with  (  irant's  armv 
to  the  rear  of  \  ick-lnp'g.  was  engaged  in  the  battle-  of  Cham- 
pion Hills  and  Big  Black  Bridge,  and  on  the  H'th  and  '.'"'nd 
of  Mav  look  an  active  part  in  the  assault  upon  the  enemy's 
work-,  losing  in.  the  two  day-  forty-seven  men  killed  and 
wounded. 

In  '  >ctober  the  regiment  proceeded  to  Memphis  and  thence 
to  Chattanooga,  taking  part  in  the  assault  on  Mis.-ion  Ridge. 
Xovember  •Jiith.  The  following  dav  it  marched  to  the  relief 
ni  Knoxville  and  after  pursuing  the  enemy  through  Tennessee 
;•  '  >  \i  rth  (  arolina  returned  to  Chattanooga,  and  from  there 
proceeded  '"  Larkinsvillc.  Ala.  '  >n  the  ?Vnd  of  January. 
Ix'i-,  the  Fifty-fourth  reenlisted.  and  after  the  furlough  to 
\rrny  v  ith  '.''  m  recruits. 

In  M,;'  '  i:i<_d  Sherman'-  Atlanta  campaign,  and  par- 
the  eutrasrements  at  Resaca.  Dalla-  and  Xew  Hoiie 


History  of  Jerome  Township  100 

Church.  In  the  assault  upon  Kenesaw  Mountain,  June  27th, 
the  regiment  lost  twenty-eight  killed  and  wounded.  At  Xico- 
jack  Creek,  July  3rd,  thirteen  were  killed,  wounded  and 
missing;  in  the  battles  on  the  east  side  of  Atlanta,  July  21st 
and  22nd,  ninety-four  were  killed,  wounded  and  missing;  and 
at  Ezra  Chapel,  on  the  2Sth.  eight  more  were  added  to  the  list 
of  killed  and  wounded. 

From  this  time  until  the  2Uh  of  August  the  Fifty-fourth 
was  continually  engaged  in  the  works  before  Atlanta.  It  took 
a  prominent  part  in  the  engagement  at  Jonesboro.  pursued 
Hood  northward,  returned  and  marched  to  the  sea,  taking 
part  in  the  capture  of  Fort  McAllister  on  the  loth  of  Decem- 
ber. It  moved  through  the  Carolinas,  participating  in  many 
skirmishes,  and  in  the  last  battle  of  the  war  at  Bentonville, 
X.  C,  March  21st,  1865. 

The  regiment  moved  to  Richmond,  Ya.,  and  from  there  to 
Washington  City.  After  passing  in  review  it  moved  to  Louis- 
ville. Ky..  thence  to  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  and  there  performed 
garrison  duty  until  mustered  out,  August  15th,  1SG5. 

The  regiment  marched  upward  of  3,500  miles,  participated 
in  seventeen  hard-fought  battles  and  many  skirmishes.  The 
losses  in  killed,  wounded,  died  of  disease  and  missing  were 
five  hundred  and  six.  It  fought  in  the  States  of  Tennessee, 
Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Georgia,  and  Xorth  Carolina. 

FIFTY-EIGHTH  OHIO  YOLUXTEER  INFANTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

This  regiment  was  organized  at  Camp  Chase,  Ohio,  in  the 
winter  of  1SG2.  under  the  call  of  the  President  for  300,000 
troops,  under  Colonel  Yal  Bausenwein,  and  was  largely  com- 
posed of  Germans,  both  officers  and  men  of  the  ranks. 

Colonel  Bausenwein  resigned  and  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Peter  Dister  commanded  the  regiment.  He  was  killed  De- 
cember 20th.  IK 02,  in  a  fight  on  the  Yazoo  River,  Mississippi, 
and  the  regiment  lost  in  killed,  wounded  and  missing  upward 
of  forty  per  cent  of  the  number  engaged. 

It  saw  its  first  hard  battle  at  Fort  Donelson,  and  its  next  at 


110 

Pittsbtirg  Landing.  It  took  part  in  the  siege  of  Corinth,  then 
moved  to  Memphis,  where  it  \vas  ordered  to  Arkansas.  In 
Tannarv.  l.MiM,  it  shared  in  the  capture  of  Arkansas  Post,  and 
in  April  joined  Grant's  \  ickshurg  campaign.  It  participated 
in  the  engagements  of  Deer  Creek  and  of  Grand  Gulf. 

(  >n  the  surrender  of  Fort  Donelson  the  Fifty-eighth  was 
the  first  regiment  to  enter  the  Fort,  February  Kith,  ISfi^,  and 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Rempel,  commanding  the  regiment,  hauled 
down  the  Confederate  Hag.  The  regiment  was  hotly  engaged 
in  the  battle  of  Shiloli.  April  1th.  with  a  loss  of  nine  killed 
and  forty-three  wounded. 

During  the  summer  of  isiio  the  companies  of  the  regiment 
were  transferred  to  ironclads  and  flotillas  and  saw  some  hard 
service  in  running  the  blockades  of  the  rebel  batteries  at 
Vicksbtirg,  and  in  the  battle  of  Grand  Gulf  the  regiment  lost 
heavilv.  The  regiment  has  to  its  credit  twelve  battles,  many 
skirmishes,  and  the  losses  in  killed  died  of  wounds  and  disease 
totaled  three  hundred  and  live. 

The  service  of  this  German  regiment  was  long  and  honor- 
able-, and  the  members  of  the  regiment  have  left  to  their 
families  a  noble  heritage  of  devotion  to  the  ilag  of  their 
adopted  country.  Tin:  regiment  was  discharged  at  Columbus, 
<  >hio.  fanuarv  1  1th,  i  S'i-V 

Dunallen  M.  \\oodburn  was  the  only  soldier  of  Jerome 
'1  ownship  who  served  in  tins  regiment.  lie  left  home  without 
the  consent  of  his  paretns.  which  was  a  very  usual  occurrence 
in  those  war  days,  lie  was  but  11  years  of  age,  and  enlisted 
January  16th,  1-SC'J,  serving  continuously  until  the  regiment 
was  discharged.  lie  reenlisted  as  a  veteran,  and  was  pro- 
moted to  Drum-Major  of  the  11th  Regiment,  L*.  S.  C.  T. 

lie  had  a  remarkable  service  for  a  bov  of  II,  and  now 
after  a  lapse  of  more  than  fiftv  years  I  recall  an  incident  of 
the  battle  of  Shiloh.  Knowing  that  the  .~»Mh  Regiment  was 
in  the  battle  ami  that  his  parents.  John  and  Maria  Currv 
\\oodburn.  would  be  anxious  about  him,  the  day  after  the 
battle.  April  1th.  lv('>?.  I  mounted  my  horse  and  after  a  search 
of  several  hour-  on  the  battlefield,  strewn  witli  the  dead  of 


History  of  Jerome  Township  111 

both  armies,  I  found  "Dun,"  as  we  called  him,  as  happy  and 
unconcerned  as  if  he  had  been  at  his  home.  I  sought  and 
found  Colonel  Bausemvein,  who,  in  his  Fez  cap,  was  enjoying 
his  pipe,  and  requested  that  Dun  accompany  me  to  our 
bivouac,  to  which  he  readily  consented. 

I  took  him  on  my  horse  and  we  made  our  way  to  my  regi- 
ment. \Ye  had  no  tents  and  it  rained  almost  continuously  for 
two  or  three  days,  but  I  shared  my  blankets  and  rubber  poncho 
with  him.  All  around  were  dead  artillery  horses  and  ambu- 
lances were  busy  gathering  up  our  own  boys  in  the  dense 
wroods,  and  no  doubt  he  will  recall  this  incident  vividly. 

SIXTY-THIRD    OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

This  regiment  was  organized  at  Worthington  and  Mari- 
etta, Ohio,  by  the  consolidation  of  two  battalions,  known  as 
the  Twenty-second  and  Sixty-third.  It  was  organized  in 
February,  18 02,  under  Colonel  John  \Y.  Sprague,  and  imme- 
diately joined  the  Army  of  the  Mississippi  under  General 
Pope,  and  was  engaged  in  all  the  movements  which  resulted 
in  the  capture  of  Island  No.  10,  and  in  the  siege  of  Corinth. 

It  took  part  in  the  battles  of  luka  and  Corinth  under  Rose- 
crans.  After  operating  in  Alabama  and  Tennessee  until  Oc- 
tober, 1803,  the  Sixty-third  joined  the  Army  of  the  Cumber- 
land, and  participated  in  the  battles  of  the  Atlanta  campaign, 
the  march  to  the  sea,  and  through  the  Carolinas.  It  took  part 
in  the  review  at  Washington,  then  moved  to  Louisville,  where 
it  was  mustered  out  July  8th.  18(1."). 

In  the  battle  of  Corinth,  Miss.,  October  -1th,  1802,  the 
regiment  captured  in  a  charge  one  gun  of  a  battery,  with  the 
Captain  commanding,  and  a  number  of  prisoners.  The  loss 
in  this  battle  was  almost  fifty  per  cent  in  killed  and  wounded. 
Sergeant  Eli  Casey,  the  only  Jerome  Township  soldier  who 
served  in  the  63rd,  was  killed  in  this  battle. 

A  large  number  of  the  regiment  reenlisted  as  veterans 
January  2nd.  1864,  at  Prospect,  Tenn.  They  were  in  the  last 
battle  of  any  importance  participated  in  by  General  Sherman's 


112  History  of  Jerome  7\>i, 

army,  at   Bentonville.  X.  C.,   March  V.»th.  and  their  last  skir- 
mish was  March  .'!lst.  near  Xewbern. 

The  regiment  was  engaged  in  fifteen  battles,  besides  many 
skirmishes,  and  the  loss  by  death  was  three  hundred  and 
sixty-seven,  as  shown  by  the  official  records. 

SIXTY-SIXTH    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

Seven  Jerome  Township  soldiers  served  in  this  regiment, 
two  of  whom.  Corporal  Delmore  Robinson  and  David  Shine- 
man,  died  in  the  service. 

The  Sixty-sixth  Ohio  was  organized  at  Cam])  McArthur, 
Urbana.  Ohio,  October  1st.  iMil.  under  Colonel  Charles 
Candy,  and  on  the  Kth  of  January.  1M12.  moved  to  West  Vir- 
ginia and  reported  to  General  Lander  at  Xew  Creek,  where 
the  first  field  camp  was  made.  General  Shields  soon  suc- 
ceeded General  Lander,  and  the  Sixty-sixth,  for  a  few  weeks, 
was  stationed  as  provost  guard  at  Martinsburg,  Winchester 
and  Strasburg:  then  crossed  the  Blue  Ridge  to  Fredericks- 
burg,  where  it  was  assigned  to  the  Third  Brigade  under  Gen- 
eral E.  B.  Tyler.  (  'rders  were  soon  received  to  countermarch 
for  the  relief  of  General  Banks  in  the  Shenandoah  \alley 
and  for  the  protection  of  Washington,  then  threatened  by 
Stonewall  lackson. 

In  the  battle  of  I'ort  Republic.  June  !»th,  the  regiment  took 
an  active  and  prominent  part  in  defending  a  battery  of  seven 
gun-.  The  enemy  had  possession  of  these  guns  at  three  dif- 
ferent times,  and  a-  manv  times  were  compelled  to  abandon 


overwhelming    numbers.    General     I  vler    withdrew    In-    com- 
mand.     The  regiment  lost  on  this  occasion  \'">  of  the   i"n  men 

The  Second  Division,  under  command  of  General  Banks, 
ripened  the  battle  at  Cedar  Mountain,  and  in  the  desperate 
-truggle  \\hich  en-ucd  the  regiment  lost  eighty-seven  killed 
an  1  wounded  of  the  2oo  men  in  arm-.  It-  battle-flag  had  one 

shell  and  nineteen  bullet  hole-  made  through  it.  and  one  Ser- 


Pllstory  of  Jerome  Township  113 

geant  and  five  Corporals  were  shot  down  in  succession  while 
carrying  it.  The  regiment  was  again  actively  engaged  at  An- 
tietam  on  the  17th  and  18th  of  September.  On  the  27th  of 
December,  1862,  General  Stewart,  with  2,000  rebel  cavalry, 
made  an  attack  on  Dumfries,  a  small  town  garrisoned  by  the 
Fifty-seventh  and  Sixty-sixth  Ohio  Regiments,  about  TOO 
troops  in  all.  After  fighting  fiercely  for  several  hours,  the 
enemy  was  forced  to  retreat. 

After  participating  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  the  Sixty- 
sixth  pursued  Lee  to  the  Rappahonnock ;  and  in  August,  1863, 
proceeded  to  New  York  to  enforce  the  draft.  In  September 
it  was  transferred  to  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland,  near  Chat- 
tanooga, and  in  November  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Lookout 
Mountain,  Mission  Ridge,  and  Ringgold.  On  the  15th  of 
December  the  regiment  reenlisted,  and  at  the  end  of  veteran 
furlough  returned  to  Bridgeport,  Ala.,  where  it  remained  in 
camp  about  three  months.  In  May,  1861,  it  moved  with  the 
First  Brigade,  Second  Division,  Twentieth  Corps,  on  the  At- 
lanta campaign. 

At  Resaca  the  Sixty-sixth  was  actively  engaged,  but  with 
slight  loss.  On  the  25th  of  May  it  took  part  in  the  engage- 
ment near  Pumpkin  Vine  Creek,  and  for  eight  days  kept  up 
a  continuous  musketry  fire  with  the  enemy.  On  the  loth  of 
June  the  regiment  led  the  advance  on  Pine  Mountain,  and  in 
the  battles  of  Kenesaw,  Marietta  and  Peach  Tree  Creek 
fought  with  conspicuous  gallantry.  After  the  capture  of  At- 
lanta the  Sixty-sixth  remained  on  duty  in  that  city  until  Sher- 
man started  on  his  "march  to  the  sea.''  From  Savannah  it 
moved  northward  through  the  Carolinas  and  on  to  Washing- 
ton, passing  over  the  old  battlefield  of  Chancellorsville.  thus 
making  the  entire  circuit  of  the  Southern  States. 

The  regiment  marched  and  was  transported  by  rail  upward 
of  11,000  miles:  participated  in  sixteen  hard-fought  battles, 
a  score  of  fights  and  skirmishes,  and  served  in  twelve  States. 
The  losses  in  killed,  died  of  wounds  and  disease  were  two 
hundred  and  forty-five,  and  the  total  casualties  were  upward 


114 

of  five  hundred.     The  regiment  was  discharged  at  Columbus, 
Ohio,  July  Tilth.  ]S05. 

Company  F,  organized  in  Union  County,  and  the  one  in 
which  the  Jerome  Township  soldiers  served,  lost  forty-one  by 
death,  thirty-four  wounded,  and  eight  were  taken  prisoners 
of  war.  To  have  served  in  this  regiment,  participating  in  its 
marches,  campaigns  and  many  battles,  is  sufficient  honor  for 
any  soldier  who  served  in  the  armies  of  the  Union.  But  a 
remnant  of  that  fighting  regiment  survives  to  tell  the  story 
of  Gettysburg  and  of  the  many  other  bloody  fields  on  which 
they  fought. 

h^Nl)  REGIMENT,  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

This  regiment  was  organized  at  Kenton,  (  )hio.  in  the  fall 
of  1>G1,  and  was  mustered  into  sen  ice  under  Colonel  James 
Cantwell,  December  :>lst,  isGl.  It  was  ordered  to  Fetterman, 
Ya..  in  January,  18»i:>,  and  that  winter  was  devoted  to  drilling 
and  equipping.  In  March  it  was  assigned  to  Gen.  Robert 
Schenk's  Brigade  and  the  baptism  of  tire  was  the  attack  on 
Bull  Pasture  Mountain. 

<  )n  the  ";!•") th  of  May  it  moved  with  the  armv  under  General 
Fremont  to  Cross  Keys,  and  followed  Stonewall  Jackson's 
forces  to  the  Shenandoah.  In  the  organization  of  the  armv 
of  Virginia,  under  General  Pope,  the  Eighty-second  was  as- 
signed to  an  independent  brigade  under  Milrov,  of  the  First 
Corps,  Sigel's  command. 

In  August  it  was  again  engaged  with  Jackson  at  Cedar 
Mountain.  A  few  davs  later  the  two  armies  met  on  the  op- 
po.-ite  bank'-  of  the  Rappahannock  River,  and  for  more  than 
a  week  kept  up  an  incessant  skirmishing,  the  enemv  making 
many  attempt^  to  gain  \\  aterloo  Bridge,  which  was  defended 
bv  Milrov's  Brigade,  \\hen  orders  were  received  for  the  de- 
strueiion  of  the  bridge,  the  work  was  intrusted  to  the  Eighty- 
second.  Then  followed  the  second  Bull  Run  battle,  in  which 
the  regiment  fought  with  conspicuous  gallantry,  losing  heavily. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  115 

In  this  engagement  Colonel  Cantwell  was  killed  and  Colonel 
James  S.  Robinson  assumed  command. 

It  participated  in  the  advance  on  Fredericksburg,  and  in 
December  went  into  winter  quarters  at  Stafford  C.  PI.  General 
Howard  succeeded  General  Sigel  in  command  of  the  Eleventh 
Corps  ;  and  the  Eighty-second  having  been  relieved  from  duty 
at  headquarters,  reported  to  General  Schurz,  its  division  com- 
mander, and  by  him  was  designated  as  a  battalion  of  sharp- 
shooters for  the  division.  In  the  movement  upon  Chancellors- 
ville  on  the  2nd  of  May,  the  Eighty-second  performed  good 
service,  and  from  this  time  until  the  7th.  was  engaged  in  the 
trenches  or  on  the  picket  line. 

\\~hen  the  army  fell  back  the  regiment  returned  to  Stafford 
and  remained  quietly  in  its  old  camp  until  the  10th  of  June. 
Then,  having  been  assigned  to  the  Second  Brigade  of  the  Third 
Division,  it  moved  on  the  Gettysburg  campaign,  and  so  severe 
was  its  loss  in  this  sanguinary  battle  that  only  ninety-two  of 
the  258  men  who  went  into  the  action  remained  to  guard  its 
colors. 

The  Eleventh  Corps  followed  in  pursuit  of  the  retreating 
enemy  as  far  as  \Yarrenton  Junction.  At  Hagerstown  the 
Eighty-second  had  been  assigned  to  the  First  Brigade  of  the 
Third  Division,  and  when  the  Third  Division  was  ordered  to 
guard  the  Orange  and  Alexandria  Railroad,  it  was  placed  at 
Catlett's  Station,  where  it  performed  guard  and  patrol  duty 
until  September.  On  the  25th,  the  regiment,  with  the  Eleventh 
Corps,  was  transferred  to  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland,  and 
participated  in  the  battle  of  Wauhatchie.  October  28th,  and  in 
the  assaults  upon  Eookout  Mountain  and  Mission  Ridge. 

On  January  1st,  1864,  the  Eighty-second  reenlisted  for 
another  three  years'  service;  on  the  10th  started  to  Ohio  on 
veteran  furlough;  on  the  23rd  of  February  reassembled  at 
Columbus,  Ohio,  with  200  recruits,  and,  on  the  3rd  of  March, 
joined  its  brigade  at  Bridgeport,  Ala.  Here  the  .1  eleventh  and 
Twelfth  Corps  were  consolidated,  forming  the  Twentieth,  and 
the  Eighty-second  was  assigned  to  the  Third  Brigade,  First 
Division  of  this  corps. 


11G  Hisi(>r\  of  Jerome  Toti'usliip 

(  )n  the  :><>th  of  April  marching  orders  were  received  and 
the  regiment  entered  upon  the  Atlanta  campaign,  moving  to- 
ward Resaca.  (  )n  the  14th  of  May  it  assisted  the  Fourth 
Corps  in  repulsing  an  attack  by  the  rebels  on  1  )alton  Road, 
and  in  the  engagement  of  the  next  day  held  an  important  posi- 
tion with  but  slight  loss. 

At  Dallas  the  regiment  took  an  active  part,  holding  the 
center  of  the  line.  The  entire  brigade  was  exposed  to  a  heavy 
tire:  by  sunset  almost  every  cartridge  was  gone,  and  it  was 
oniv  by  searching  the  cartridge  boxes  of  the  dead  and  wounded 
that  a  straggling  lire  was  kept  uptil  night,  when  the  brigade 
was  relieved. 

(  >n  the  ?oth  of  fitly  it  crossed  Peach  Tree  Creek  and  found 
the  rebels  in  the  woods  about  four  miles  from  Atlanta.  The 
regiment  lost  in  this  affair,  seventy-live  killed  and  wounded. 
During  the  siege  of  Atlanta  the  Eighty-second  occupied  an  im- 
portant but  exposed  position.  On  one  occasion  the  regimental 
colors  were  carried  away  and  torn  to  shred:-  by  a  cannon  ball. 
On  the  -.;oth  of  August  it  was  removed  to  a  position  on  the 
Chattahoochie,  and  General  Slocum  assumed  command  of  the 
corps.  <  hi  the  Vlnd  of  September  the  Xational  force-  took  pos- 
session  of  Atlanta,  and  the  regiment  went  into  camp  in  the 
suburb:-.  On  the  1  .">th  of  November  it  moved  with  Sherman's 
armv  to  the  sea — a  detachment  taking  part  in  the  encounter 
with  Wheeler's  cavalry  at  Buffalo  Creek.  From  Savannah  it 
marched  through  the  Carohnas. 

The  regiment  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  engagement  at 
Averysboro,  losing  two  officers  and  eight  men  wounded,  and 
wa-  again  activelv  engaged  in  the  la>t  battle  of  the  war  at 
Bcntonville.  in  which  it  lost  two  officers  and  nine  men  wounded 
and  fourteen  men  mi-Hiig.  From  Bentonville  it  moved  to 
firild^boro.  and  on  the  '.'th  of  April  was  consolidated  with  the 
Sixiv-first  '  'hio.  the  new  organi/ar  g  denominated  the 

Fightv-second.  After  the  surrender  of  lohn-ton  at  Raleigh. 
the  regimeni  marched  to  Washington,  and  having  participated 
iii  the  grand  review  on  the  'I  \\\\  of  Mav,  went  into  cam])  near 
Fort  Lino  >ln. 


History  of  Jerome  Toicnship  11? 

On  the  15th  of  June  it  moved  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  where  it 
remained  until  the  25th  of  July,  then  proceeded  to  Columbus, 
Ohio,  and  was  discharged  July  29th,  1865. 

The  Eighty-second  Regiment  fought  in  five  different  states, 
and  participated  in  twenty-four  battles.  The  loss  in  killed, 
died  of  wounds  and  disease,  was  two  hundred  and  fifty-seven. 
The  service  of  this  regiment  was  most  distinguished,  it  having 
participated  in  many  decisive  battles,  and  was  on  the  firing 
line  when  the  war  ended. 

86TH  REGIMENT,  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 
THREE  MONTHS'  SERVICE. 

Under  the  call  for  15,000  volunteers  by  the  President,  in 
May,  1862,  the  quota  assigned  to  Union  County  was  one  hun- 
dred men.  In  response  to  that  call,  a  company  was  recruited 
in  the  county  by  Captain  W.  II.  Robb,  and  was  assigned  as 
Company  E,  8Gth  O.  V.  I. 

Twelve  soldiers  of  Jerome  Township  served  in  this  regi- 
ment, which  was  organized  at  Camp  Chase,  Ohio,  in  May  and 
June,  1862,  under  Colonel  Barnabas  Burns.  It  was  imme- 
diately ordered  to  West  Virginia,  and  was  on  garrison  duty  at 
Clarksburg  and  Grafton  until  about  the  last  of  July  guarding 
the  railroads  and  supply  trains. 

July  27th  Companies  A,  C,  H  and  I  were  detailed  under 
command  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Hunter,  and  were  ordered  to 
Parkersburg  to  watch  the  movements  of  the  enemy  in  that 
section,  as  it  had  been  reported  that  a  rebel  force  under  Jenkins 
was  advancing  on  Clarksburg  for  the  purpose  of  destroying 
the  railroad  and  capturing  supplies.  The  rebel  force  did  not 
succeed  in  reaching  Clarksburg,  but  attacked  the  garrison  at 
Buckhannon,  destroying  the  railroad  and  burning  supplies. 

The  balance  of  the  term  of  service  of  the  regiment  was 
employed  in  guard  duty.  At  the  expiration  of  the  term  of 
service  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Delaware.  Ohio,  and  was 
discharged  September  25th,  1H>2.  The  loss  by  death  was  two. 
Immediately  after  discharge  many  members  of  the  regiment 
reenlisted  in  long-term  organizations. 


11*  Hist<>r\'  of  Jerome   Township 

>.3Tii  REGIMEXT.  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

THREE  M<  )NTHS'  SERVICE. 

The  companies  recruited  for  this  regiment  in  the 
sunmu-r  of  1  >»>:?.  rendezvoused  at  Camp  Chase,  Ohio,  were 
mustered  in  under  Colonel  Charles  \\".  Allison,  an  attorney 
of  high  character  of  Bellefontaiiie.  A  large  number  of  rebel 
prisoners  were  confined  at  Camp  Chase  and  the  services  of 
the  regiment  were  required  to  guard  these  prisoners. 

Colonel  Allison  was  assigned  to  the  command  of  the  post 
and  the  regiment  was  retained  on  garrison  duty  during  the 
summer.  The  dutie.-  were  very  arduous  and  Colonel  Allison 
proved  to  he  a  competent  commander.  He  was  anxious  to 
go  to  the  front,  hut  was  retained  on  duty  bv  request  of  the 
Governor,  as  it  was  important  to  have  vigilant  and  competent 
officers  in  command  of  the  camp  and  prison. 

Some  of  the  companies  were  sent  as  escorts  to  prisoners  at 
different  times  but  did  not  have  any  active  service  in  the  field. 
Hut  one  soldier  of  Jerome  Township  served  in  this  regiment. 

The  regiment  was  mustered  in  |une  loth.  isiivJ.  and  was 
mu.-tcred  out  September  '^Ird.  IMivl.  The  loss  by  death  was 
ten. 

MITII   REGIMENT.  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

SIX  M<  )XTHS'  SERVICE. 

I  he  Eighty-sixth  Regiment  for  the  six  months'  service  was 
organized  at  (  levcland.  '  >hio.  in  the  summer  of  ]»'<'.',.  and  was 
mustered  in  under  Colonel  \Vil.-on  (..'.  Lcmcrt ,  who  had  served 
as  a  Major  in  the  Mith  <  '.  \".  1.  three  month.-'  service,  and  a 
number  ol  other  ollicers  of  the  same  regiment  al-o  served  in 
tin-  new  organization. 

A  company  of  tin-  regiment  \va-  recruited  in  I'nion  County 
by  (  aptam  James  \\  .  Field-,  and  was  a--igned  as  (.'omjjanv 
1)  when  the  regiment  wa-  organi/ed  and  mustered  into  the 
I".  S.  -ervice  at  Camp  ('ha-e  in  lulv.  lx(i.'l. 

Filteen  Jerome  Township  -oldicr-  served  in  this  comj>anv, 
.'  whom.  James  A.  Curry  and  \\ilham  \\"i-e.  died  in  the 
-i  r ,  ice. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  119 

The  rebel  General,  John  Morgan,  was  then  making  a  raid 
through  Ohio  and  the  regiment  took  an  active  part  in  pursuit 
of  Morgan  and  rendered  most  excellent  service  under  the  com- 
mand of  Colonell  Shackleford,  making  hard  marches  on  foot 
and  at  other  times  a  part  of  the  command  impressing  horses. 
They  were  continuously  making  efforts  to  intercept  detach- 
ments of  the  enemy,  who  were  making  rapid  marches  to  make 
their  escape  across  the  Ohio  River,  and  were  present  at  the 
surrender  of  Morgan's  command  at  Salineville,  Ohio. 

-After  the  pursuit  of  Morgan's  forces,  the  regiment  re- 
turned to  Camp  Todd,  Columbus,  Ohio,  for  a  few  days,  and 
about  the  first  of  August  was  ordered  to  Camp  Nelson,  Ken- 
tucky, and  having  joined  the  forces  under  Colonel  D.  E. 
Courcy,  marched  to  Cumberland  Gap,  arriving  about  the  first 
of  September. 

General  Burnsides  arrived  a  few  days  later  on  the  op- 
posite side  of  the  Gap,  thus  investing  the  Confederate  forces. 
The  <s(ith  was  stationed  on  the  Harlem  Road  and  formed  a  line 
of  battle  ready  for  action,  and  a  section  of  Captain  Henry  M. 
Xeil's  Ohio  Battery  was  stationed  on  the  left.  The  command 
of  Colonel  De  Courcy  was  composed  of  the  86th  Ohio,  1^'tth 
Ohio,  the  9th  and  llth  East  Tennessee  Cavalry,  and  Captain 
Xeil's  22nd  Ohio  Battery.  A  peremptory  demand  was  then 
made  for  an  unconditional  surrender  of  the  Confederate  forces 
under  General  Frazier,  who  at  once  accepted  the  terms  without 
firing  a  shot.  The  isGth  Ohio  was  then  accorded  the  honor  of 
marching  into  the  Eort.  hauling  down  the  rebel  flag,  and  rais- 
ing the  Stars  and  Stripes.  General  Frazier  surrendered  nearly 
o.uoo  men,  O.OIMI  stands  of  small  arms,  thirteen  pieces  of  ar- 
tillery, with  commissary  and  quartermaster  stores. 

Company  B  of  the  S'ith  was  detailed  to  assist  in  guarding 
the  prisoners  to  Lexington,  Ivy.,  and  then  returned  to  the  Gap 
and  remained  on  duty  until  the  term  of  service  expired.  James 
A.  Curry  took  sick  on  this  inarch  and  died  at  Crab  Orchard, 
Kentucky,  ( )ctober  <?n.d.  As  forage  was  very  scarce,  many 
expeditions  were  sent  out  to  gather  grain  and  other  supplies, 
and  thev  had  many  skirmishes  with  the  rebel  cavalry. 


120  History  of  Jerome  Township 

This  regiment  saw  a  great  deal  of  hard  service,  beginning 
with  the  campaign  after  Gen.  John  Morgan  in  July,  lMi:>. 
Then  the  winter  campaign  at  Cumberland  (jap.  participating  in 
the  siege  and  marching  back  and  forth  from  the  (lap  to  Lex- 
ington and  Camp  Xelson,  they  were  continuously  on  the  move 
in  all  kinds  of  weather.  Many  regiments  that  had  a  much 
longer  service  did  not  experience  the  severe  campaigning  that 
this  regiment  did.  even  in  six  months,  as  it  was  rushed  to  the 
front  as  soon  as  mustered  into  the  service. 

The  regiment  left  the  Gap  for  home  januarv  10th  and  was 
mustered  out  at  Cleveland.  (  >hio.  February  l<ith,  1S(5I.  after 
a  very  strenuous,  active  service  of  six  months.  The  loss  by 
death  was  thirty-eight. 

s.sTH  REGIMEXT.  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  IXEAXTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

A  battalion  of  four  companies  of  this  regiment  was  organ- 
ized at  Camp  Chase.  (  )hio,  tinder  Major  Peter  Zinn  in  the 
summer  of  l.sii'j,  but  the  regiment  was  not  fully  recruited  and 
mustered  in  until  Inly,  bsO.'S,  under  Colonel  George  \Y.  XefY. 

Ten  soldiers  of  Jerome  Township  served  in  this  regiment. 
William  Eulk  and  George  F.  Mclntyre  died  in  the  service. 

A  large  number  ot  rebel  prisoner.-  were  confined  at  Camp 
Chase  and  the  regiment  was  assigned  to  duty  guarding  the 
prisoners.  'Ibis  duty  was  verv  strenuous  and  the  men  were 
kept  on  dutv  continuously.  Before  the  regiment  was  fully  re- 
cruited a  battalion  of  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Cincinnati, 
:n  September.  !><i'.;.  to  assist  in  repelling  the  invasion  of  the 
rebel  army  under  command  of  Kirby  Smith.  It  crossed  the 
<  >lno  River  into  Kentuckv  and  was  in  line  of  battle  some  days 
under  command  of  General  Lev/  Wallace.  Manning  the  for- 
t;iiratioi>s  around  (  ovington,  thev  were  very  highlv  compli- 
mented fur  thur  etncienl  service  in  front  of  the  enemv  bv  the 
c<  iinnianding  i  ifncer. 

As  soon  as  the  regiment  was  mu-tercd  Colonel  Xelt.  wlio 
l;ad  serveil  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  Second  Kentuckv 
Infar.trv  and  had  consid.erable  experience  in  the  field,  inaugu- 


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History  of  Jerome  Township  121 

rated  the  strictest  discipline  and  the  regiment  under  his  com- 
mand became  one  of  the  best  drilled  regiments  that  had  been 
been  organized  in  the  state. 

Both  officers  and  men  were  anxious  to  go  to  the  front  and 
a  few  companies  were  sent  to  West  Virginia  and  to  Maryland 
for  a  short  time  on  duty,  but  were  soon  ordered  back,  as  Gen- 
eral Morgan  and  his  bold  riders  were  making  a  raid  through 
Ohio  in  July,  1863. 

A  part  of  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Camp  Dennison  and, 
under  Colonel  Neff,  was  deployed  ready  to  resist  an  attack 
from  Morgan's  forces.  Trees  were  felled  across  the  roads 
leading  to  Camp  Dennison  and  the  obstructions  were  such  that 
Morgan's  column  made  a  detour  and  did  not  attack  the  Post. 

After  the  passing  and  capture  of  a  large  part  of  Morgan's 
forces,  the  regiment  was  again  ordered  to  Camp  Chase  and 
was  on  duty  there  until  October.  Colonel  Xeff  made  applica- 
tion to  go  to  the  front  again,  and  finally  the  regiment  was  or- 
dered to  Cincinnati  for  provost  duty.  Camp  Chase  was  then 
garrisoned  by  a  detachment  of  convalescents  and  the  Veteran 
Reserve  Corps.  The  men  of  these  detachments  being  absent 
from  their  regular  commands,  being  dissatisfied  and  discipline 
lax.  there  was  great  danger  that  prisoners  would  escape.  By 
request  of  the  commanding  officer,  the  SSth  was  ordered  back 
to  Camp  Chase,  much  to  the  disgust  of  both  officers  and  men. 
The  regiment  remained  on  duty  at  Camp  Chase  until  mustered 
out  July  3rd,  18G5. 

This  regiment  was  composed  of  good  material,  was  well 
drilled,  and  had  the  opportunity  been  given,  it  would  have  ren- 
dered good  service  on  the  firing  line.  The  loss  during  the  serv- 
ice of  the  regiment  was  eighty  bv  death. 

94-TH    REGIMENT,    OHIO    VOLUNTEER   IXFAXTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

The  9-1  th  Regiment  was  organized  at  Piqua,  Ohio,  in  the 
summer  of  1SG2.  and  was  mustered  into  the  service  August 
24th,  under  Colonel  Joseph  \V.  Frizell.  Captain  Andrew 
Gowan  of  Jerome  Township  served  in  Company  H  of  this 


regiment  and  was  in  the  service  continuously  from  August 
~th.  1M'.1?.  to  June  .~>th,  ]M;.*>.  participating  in  all  of  its  battles. 
The  regiment  was  immediately  ordered  to  Kentucky  before  it 
was  armed  and  fully  equipped,  and  with  no  experience  in 
discipline  or  drill.  Proceeding  by  rail  to  Lexington,  on  their 
arrival  they  found  many  stragglers  from  the  battlefield  of 
Richmond  passing  through  the  town. 

The  regiment  was  ordered  to  Yates  Ford  on  the  Kentucky 
River.  This  was  the  first  march  of  the  new  regiment  and 
on  arriving  at  the  Ford  about  dusk  the  regiment  had  their  first 
war  experience  in  a  skirmish  with  the  pickets  of  the  enemy, 
losing  two  men  killed  and  several  wounded.  The  next  morn- 
ing a  large  force  of  rebels  advanced  on  the  regiment  by  shell- 
ing the  woods  with  a  battery. 

The  regiment,  under  orders,  fell  back  slowly  to  Lexington 
and  on  to  Louisville  with  the  army.  The  dusty  roads  and 
scarcity  of  water  caused  many  of  the  men  to  become  com- 
pletely exhausted,  as  they  had  been  marching  night  and  day 
since  arriving  at  Lexington.  August  31st,  the  day  after  the 
fight  at  Richmond.  Kentucky. 

This  was  the  introduction  of  the  regiment  to  the  many 
campaigns  and  battles  in  which  they  were  destined  to  partici- 
pate, and  is  referred  to  by  members  of  the  regiment  as  one 
of  their  hardest  campaigns. 

The  regiment  remained  at  Louisville  until  < '  Vtober  1st. 
Their  next  -en  ice  was  in  the  battle  of  Perrysville,  in  which 
they  were  actively  engaged.  Thev  served  in  the  Army  of  the 
Cumberland,  participating  in  manv  decisive  battles,  including 
Stone  River.  Chickamauga.  and  all  the  battle.-  around  Chat- 
tanooga. They  served  in  ( ieneral  Sherman'-  army  on  the 
Atlanta  campaign  in  the  summer  of  iMil.  and  marched  to 
tlie  sea. 

Marching  from  Savannah  through  the  Carolina-,  they  par- 
ticipated in  the  battle  of  lientonville.  X.  C..  March  V.'th.  l^i'>.~), 
then  inarched  to  Washington  and  was  in  the  (  irand  Review. 

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History  of  Jerome  Toi^nship  123 

out  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  June  (5th,  18(5o.  The  regiment  was 
on  the  firing  line  in  all  the  battles  of  the  Army  of  the  Cum- 
berland, and  was  one  of  the  fighting  regiments  of  that  splen- 
did army. 

95TH    REGIMENT,    OHIO    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

The  9.5th  Regiment  was  organized  at  Urbana,  Ohio,  and 
mustered  into  the  service  at  Camp  Chase,  August  19th,  1H62, 
under  Colonel  AYm.  L.  McMillen.  Eleven  Jerome  Township 
soldiers  served  in  this  regiment  and  Samuel  B.  Beard  died 
in  the  service. 

The  regiment  was  immediately  ordered  to  Kentucky,  be- 
fore it  had  any  opportunity  to  drill,  and  within  ten  days  after 
muster  it  participated  in  the  battle  of  Richmond,  Ky.,  August 
3oth,  I<s(i2.  The  regiment  arrived  at  Lexington  by  rail,  and 
was  ordered  toward  Richmond  on  a  forced  march  to  meet 
and  repel  General  Kirby  Smith's  Veteran  Confederate  army, 
largely  outnumbering  the  Union  forces.  On  the  morning  of 
August  3uth  the  rebels  advanced  in  strong  force  and  the  95th 
was  soon  engaged  in  heavy  skirmishing. 

A  detachment  of  the  95th  under  the  Lieutenant  Colonel 
contested  the  advance  stubbornly  after  the  Union  Army  was 
driven  from  the  field  until  they  were  surrounded  and  upward 
of  one  hundred,  with  the  commanding  officer,  taken  prisoners. 
The  other  companies  of  the  regiment  having  fallen  back,  an- 
other effort  was  made  to  stem  the  tide  of  the  heavy  Confed- 
erate force,  but  they  were  soon  driven  back  and  about  six 
hundred  were  taken  prisoners,  eight  men  were  killed  and 
forty-seven  wounded. 

The  prisoners  were  paroled  and  were  allowed  to  make 
their  way  back  toward  the  Ohio  River  as  best  they  could. 
The  9.">th  was  the  only  Ohio  regiment  in  this  battle,  and  while 
it  was  very  disastrous  to  the  Union  forces,  it  may  well  be 
doubted  if  even  Veterans,  under  the  conditions,  could  have 
held  the  field  against  such  an  overwhelming  number.  While 
it  was  a  discouraging  introduction  in  their  baptism  of  fire. 


124: 

as  soon  as  the  regiment  was  exchanged  strict  discipline  and 
drill  were  inaugurated  and  during  the  war  it  made  a  record 
which  is  recognized  as  one  among  the  best  in  (  )hio  organiza- 
tions. 

In  May,  istio,  they  were  again  ordered  to  the  held  and 
served  through  the  \  icksburg  campaign  in  the  spring  and 
summer.  The  regiment  participated  in  the  campaign  on  Big 
Black  River,  the  capture  of  Jackson.  Miss.,  and  in  the  charge 
against  the  rebel  fortifications  at  Yicksburg,  May  '2^nd. 
After  the  surrender  of  \  icksburg  they  were  continuously 
scouting,  raiding  and  destroying  railroads  during  the  summer 
months,  and  went  into  winter  quarters  at  Memphis  in  the  fall. 
The  regiment  had  been  attached  to  the  Fifteenth  Corps  up 
to  this  time,  but  during  the  winter  was  attached  to  the  Six- 
teenth Corps.  In  June.  IbG-l.  the  regiment  participated  in 
the  disastrous  campaign  against  Tupelo.  Miss.,  under  com- 
mand of  General  Sturgis.  and  in  the  battle  of  Guntown.  Jan- 
uary loth,  lost  heavily  in  men  and  officers. 

They  were  in  the  second  campaign  against  Tupelo  under 
General  A.  J.  Smith,  in  July,  in  which  the  rebels  under  Gen- 
eral Forrest  were  defeated.  After  Sherman  had  started  on 
his  march  to  the  sea  the  regiment,  with  the  forces  under  Gen- 
eral A.  J.  Smith,  were  ordered  to  Nashville.  Tenn.  In  the 
battle  of  Nashville,  fought  December  loth  and  Kith,  under 
command  of  General  George  II.  Thomas,  the  regiment  was 
hotly  engaged  both  days,  storming  the  rebel  breastworks,  rap- 
turing artillery  and  many  prisoners,  but  losing  heavily.  The 
regiment  was  then  ordered  to  New  '  )rleans  and  served  under 
I  jeneral  (  anb\  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

The  regiment  participated  in  sixteen  battles,  many  skir- 
ni'.shc-,  and.  as  shown  by  the  official  records,  the  losses  in 
lolled,  died  of  wounds  and  disease,  were  two  hundred  and 
seventy-six.  The  regiment  was  mustered  out  at  Camp  Chase. 
'  'liio,  August  1  1th,  !><;:,. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  125 

U6TH    REGIMENT.   OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INEANTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'   SERVICE. 

This  regiment  was  organized  at  Delaware,  Ohio,  in  the 
summer  of  186^.  It  was  recruited  in  the  counties  of  Dela- 
ware, Knox,  Logan,  Morrow,  and  Marion.  Company  K  was 
recruited  in  Union  County  and  twenty-three  soldiers  of 
Jerome  Township  served  in  this  company,  seven  of  whom 
died  in  the  service. 

The  regiment  was  mustered  into  the  service  August  l!)th, 
3862.  under  Colonel  Joseph  W.  Vance,  who  was  killed  in  the 
battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8th,  18G4.  After 
the  death  of  Colonel  Vance,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Albert  H. 
.Brown  commanded  the  regiment  with  distinguished  ability 
until  the  close  of  the  war.  Dr.  David  H.  Henderson  of 
Marysville,  Ohio,  was  surgeon  of  the  regiment.  Of  the  11  o 
soldiers  who  served  in  Company  K  of  the  regiment  from 
Union  County,  43  were  killed  or  died  of  wounds  or  disease, 
ten  were  wounded,  and  six  were  made  prisoners  of  war. 
Thomas  L.  Evans,  who  served  in  this  company  and  was  pro- 
moted to  a  Captaincy,  taught  a  select  school  in  the  little  brown 
schoolhouse  still  standing  on  the  corner  of  the  square  at  New 
California,  after  the  close  of  the  war. 

On  the  1st  of  September,  18(5^,  the  regiment  left  Camp 
Delaware,  by  way  of  Columbus,  for  Cincinnati,  and,  arriving 
in  that  city  the  same  evening,  crossed  the  Ohio  River  and 
quartered  in  the  streets  of  Covington  for  the  night.  They 
remained  there  a  week,  sleeping  at  night  in  the  streets,  and 
were  fed  by  the  loyal  citizens  of  that  place. 

On  the  8th  of  October  the  regiment,  in  the  brigade  of 
General  Burbridge,  A.  J.  Smith  commanding  the  Division  of 
the  Thirteenth  Corps,  marched  to  Ealmouth.  thence  to  Cyn- 
thiana,  Paris,  Lexington,  and  Xicholasville.  At  the  latter 
place  they  remained  in  camp  two  or  three  weeks,  then  marched 
to  Louisville,  where  they  remained  in  the  mud  along  the  Ohio 
River  for  a  few  days:  then  embarked  for  Memphis.  Tenn., 
on  the  l!Hh  of  November,  where  they  were  encamped  for 
about  a  month.  While  there  thev  were  reviewed  bv  General 


I2G 

Sherman  and  ordered  to  embark  on  the  steamer  Hiawatha 
and  proceed  down  the  river  \vith  the  forces  under  his  com- 
mand, the  objective  point  being  Yicksburg.  Miss. 

The  whole  regiment  and  its  outfit  of  wagons,  teams,  etc.. 
together  with  the  Seventeenth  (  )hio  Battery  with  its  guns. 
horses  and  mules,  were  packed  on  this  small  craft.  Nearly 
everv  member  of  the  batter\"  was  sick  with  the  measles.  The 
horses  and  mules  were  placed  on  deck,  their  heads  tied  on 
either  side,  forming  between  them  a  narrow  aisle.  <  >nlv  par- 
tial rations  of  hard  bread  and  roasted  coffee  could  be  had. 
the  only  resort  being  flour  and  green  coffee,  which  required 
cooking  and  roasting.  It  may  have  been  a  necessity,  but  cer- 
tainly it  was  a  bitter  fatality. 

The  onlv  facihtv  for  cooking  was  a  small  stove  on  the 
after  deck,  to  reach  which  it  was  necessurv  to  run  the  gauntlet 
of  two  hundred  pairs  of  treacherous  heel-  and  the  filth  of 
such  a  stable.  l;irst.  the  coffee  and  the  meat  were  cooked  and 
eaten  with  hard  bread,  but  the  supply  of  the  latter  was  soon 
exhausted  and  the  men  were  forced  to  mix  flour  with  water 
and  bake  it  on  the  same  stove.  With  the  hes-t  effort  possible 
it  was  otteii  'J  o'clock  before  all  had  their  breakfast  of  the 
half-cooked  material.  As  if  tins  were  not  all  that  tlc-h  and 
•ould  endure,  cold  rain  continuallv  drenched  all  who 


forced  to  remain  on  the  hurricane  deck,  famished  with  hunger 
I  torture'!  with  sleeplessness. 

All    day    and    all    night    the    little    stove    was    Used    by    men 

iring  the  unhealthy  rations  which,  while  thev  staved  off 

.  were  not  slow,  in  connection  with  other  causes,   in 

at   were  equally   fatal  to  those  who  were 

:       .,•    :    '    >-e  in  the  ill-ventilated  and  o 

.    \\  itl        •  •    ;  —  >;•;•.•  -.    '  -antlv 


History  of  Jerome  Township  12? 

on  the  2 oth  and  made  a  forced  march  to  Dallas  Station,  La., 
on  the  Yicksburg,  S.  &  T.  Railroad,  a  distance  of  twenty- 
eight  miles  over  a  narrow  road  cut  through  a  dense  cypress 
forest,  over  stretches  of  corduroy  and  thick  intervening  mud 
of  the  low  marshes,  burning  depots  and  warehouses,  destroy- 
ing a  large  amount  of  railroad  property,  tearing  up  the  track 
for  miles,  returning  the  following  day  in  a  pelting  storm  of 
cold  rain,  having  marched  fifty-six  miles  in  less  than  forty 
hours. 

The  regiment  was  taken  on  down  the  river  to  the  Yazoo 
(the  River  of  Death),  and  up  that  river  to  Johnson's  Land- 
ing; there  disembarked  and  marched  to  Chickasaw  Bluils  and 
participated  in  the  first  attack  on  Yicksburg,  where  the  Union 
forces  were  defeated.  Then  proceeding  to  Arkansas  Post, 
they  took  an  active  part  in  the  assault  upon  the  works,  cap- 
turing 7, 000  prisoners,  losing  ten  killed  and  twenty-six 
wounded.  After  this  engagement  it  at  once  accompanied  the 
army  under  Grant  in  the  flank  movement  to  the  rear  of  Yicks- 
burg and  took  part  in  the  siege  until  the  surrender,  July  4th, 
1SG3.  Then  it  marched  on  to  Jackson,  taking  part  in  the  siege 
until  its  evacuation  on  the  1  Uh  of  July;  thence  back  to  Yicks- 
burg, and  from  there  by  steamer  to  .Carrollton,  La.  It  was 
next  engaged  in  what  was  called  the  Teche  campaign,  and 
participated  in  the  battle  of  Grand  Coteau  on  the  :>rd  of  No- 
vember. This  was  a  desperate  fight  against  overwhelming 
numbers,  the  regiment  losing  110  men  killed,  wounded  and 
missing. 

In  December  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Texas,  where 
it  operated  against  Dick  Tavlor's  forces  until  March,  iSlij, 
then  returned  to  Hrashear  City,  La.,  entered  upon  the  Red 
River  campaign  under  General  Hanks.  <  )n  the  <sth  of  April 
the\'  were  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  losing 
liftv-six  men  killed,  wounded  and  missing. 

(  )n  the  first  of  August  the  regiment,  with  the  Thirteenth 
Corps,  embarked  for  Dauphine  Island,  in  the  rear  of  Fort 
Gaines,  and  were  the  lir>t  troops  to  land  in  the  rear  of  that 
fort  and  participated  in  the  siege  until  the  surrender  on  the 


Mil.  with  l.'Kiu  prisoners.  On  the  1st  of  September  the  regi- 
ment returned  to  Louisiana,  and  in  November  proceeded  to 
the  mouth  of  White  River,  in  Arkansas.  The  regiment  was 
so  reduced  in  numbers  by  continued  losses  that  a  consolidation 
became  necessary,  which  was  effected  by  special  order  on  the 
l>th  of  November,  making  a  battalion  of  five  companies  called 
the  Ninety-sixth  Battalion.  Lieutenant  Colonel  A.  11.  Drown 
commanding. 

Companv  P>  of  Knox.  F  of  Marion,  and  K  of  I'nion  were 
consolidated,  making  Company  I,  commanded  b\-  Captain 
I'Lvans.  The  battalion  continued  to  operate  in  Arkansas  until 
February.  lMi~>.  \vhence  it  removed  to  the  rear  of  Fort  Span- 
ish, the  key  of  Mobile,  Ala.,  participating  in  the  siege  of  that 
fort,  which  resulted  in  its  capture  on  the  Mh  of  April. 

A  tew  minutes  after  the  surrender  the  regiment  was 
marching  to  the  assistance  of  ( ieneral  Steele.  who  had  for 
some  days  been  investing  Fort  Illakely.  til  teen  miles  north  of 
Spanish  Fort.  I'pon  the  arrival  of  (ieneral  Granger's  corps 
on  the  held  <  ieneral  Steele's  troops  stormed  the  fort,  captur- 
ing ."i.mm  prisoners.  This  is  said  to  be  the  last  battle  of  the 
war.  The  battalion  then  proceeded  to  Stark's  Landing  on 
the  1  1th.  and  took  passage  on  the  morning  of  the  I'.'th  in  coin- 
pan}-  with  a  fleet  ot  gunboats  across  the  bay  fur  the  citv  of 
Mobile.  A  landing  oi  the  infantry  was  effected  below  the 
rebel  -tronghold  and  marched  toward  it.  the  gunboats  sending 
shell-  of  warning  that  we  were  upon  them.  The  reason  of 
no  response  soon  appeared  in  the  torm  of  a  white  tl.ig.  After 
the  surrender  ot  Mobile  the  battalion  joined  an  expedition  to 
Xannahubbah  Dluil.  on  the  Tombigbee  River,  and  also  Mc- 
';  Minn-. 

•  last  volley  tired  by  the  Ninety-sixth  was  on  the  iv.h 
of  April,  at  Whistler  Station,  seven  miles  above  Mobile. 
in  a  hvelv  skirmi-h  with  1  )ick  Taylor's  retreating  force-. 
'1  lie  rigimeiit  returned  to  Mobile  on  the  'nil  of  Mav.  \\here 
it  remained  until  mu-tered  out.  lulv  Itli,  1M>.\  excepting  fortv 
men  whose  term  of  service  had  not  expired  and  who  were 
transferred  to  the  Seventv-seventh  llattalion.  Ohio  Veteran 


History  of  Jerome  Township  129 

Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  as  a  detachment  in  that  bat- 
talion until  March,  1866. 

The  Ninety-sixth,  from  the  time  of  entering  the  field  until 
the  close  of  the  war,  was  on  continuously  active  and,  most  of 
the  time,  hard  service.  The  regiment  marched  1,6*:}  miles, 
and  was  transported  by  boat  7,6*6  miles  and  by  railroad  517 
miles,  making  a  total  of  !),886  miles.  The  regiment  partici- 
pated in  twelve  battles,  a  score  of  minor  fights,  and  the  last 
shots  fired  by  the  regiment  were  on  April  12th,  1*6."),  three 
days  after  the  surrender  of  Lee's  army  at  Appomattox.  As 
shown  by  the  official  records,  the  losses,  killed,  died  of  wounds 
and  disease,  were  three  hundred  and  thirty-nine. 

lluTH   REGIMENT,  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

The  110th  was  organized  at  Piqua.  Ohio,  in  the  late  sum- 
mer of  1862,  and  was  mustered  into  the  service  October  :}rd 
under  Colonel  J.  Warren  Kiefer.  But  one  Jerome  Township 
soldier  served  in  this  regiment,  so  far  as  can  be  ascertained. 

Soon  after  the  regiment  was  mustered  into  service  it  was 
ordered  to  Virginia,  first  going  to  Parkersburg  and  then  to 
Clarksburg  and  on  to  Xew  Creek,  where  it  arrived  November 
26th,  and  was  kept  on  drilling  and  fortifying  until  about  the 
middle  of  December.  In  January,  1*6;!,  the  regiment  was  or- 
dered to  Winchester  and  was  assigned  to  the  First  Brigade, 
Second  Division,  Eighth  Army  Corps,  where  it  was  employed 
in  scouting  and  reconnoitering  during  the  winter  months. 

The  regiment  was  under  fire  for  the  first  time  June  loth 
at  Kernstown,  meeting  the  advance  of  Lee's  armv,  and  after 
contesting  the  ground  stubbornly  on  the  l-'Uh  and  llth  they 
were  compelled  to  fall  back  before  a  large  force  of  the  enemy 
and  retreated  to  Harper's  Ferrv.  Jn  Julv  the  regiment  was 
ordered  to  Frederick  City,  Maryland,  via  Washington,  and 
then  to  Xew  York  and  back  to  the  Potomac  and  Rappahan- 
nock  in  November,  having  frequent  skirmishes  during  the  fall 
months,  capturing  many  prisoners,  and  remained  in  winter 
quarters  at  Brandy  Station. 


130 

In  the  spring  of  l>i>!  the  regiment  \va>  assigned  to  the 
Second  Unmade.  Third  l)ivi-ioii.  Sixth  Army  Corps.  and  \\ent 
into  line  for  the  Wilderness  campaign.  (  ni  the  .~ith  of  May 
the}'  were  heavilv  engaged.  losing  !'.»  killed,  >>  wounded  and 
11  mi-sing.  In  the  as>ault  at  Coal  Harbor,  lune  .'Ird.  the 
loss  in  the  regiment  was  live  killed  and  thirty-four  wounded. 
It  participated  in  the  battle  of  Monocacy  and  in  tln^  engage- 
nieiit  the  casualties  were  upward  of  seventy.  The  regiment 
was  continuously  on  the  move  during  luly  and  August,  skir- 
mishing and  guarding  train.--.  In  the  battle  of  Winchester. 
<  >ctoher  I'.'th.  the  regiment  was  on  the  front  line  and  did 


Kighth  and  Nineteenth  Corps  were  driven  back.  I  Hiring  the 
late  fall  and  winter  the  regiment  was  in  winter  quarters  on 
the  \\eldon  Railroad. 

The  first  battle  of  the  regiment  in  the  spring  campaign 
of  1  >'i."i  was  March  ^th.  attacking  the  outposts  and  capturing 
a  large  number  of  prisoners,  and  on  the  '>nd  of  April  an  attack 
was  made  on  the  enemy's  works  at  Petersburg,  routing  the 
rebel-  and  taking  possession  of  the  fortifications.  The  regi- 
ment having  captured  a  larger  number  of  llai;-  than  anv  regi- 
ment m  the  Corps.  was  -elected  as  the  guard  of  honor  to  es- 
cort all  the  Hag-  captured  by  the  Corp-  to  (  iuieral  Meade's 
headquarter-.  The  regiment,  after  Lee's  surrender,  mart-lied 
via  Richmond  to  Washington,  and  was  in  the  (  irand  Review. 

The    regiment    participated    in    upward    of    tweiitv    battles, 

the    loss    by    death    was   '.).".li.     The   total   casualties    \vere 

•    ^"M       Tiie  rtgimeni   was  mustered  out  at   Washington. 

i  ».   (  '..    lune   '-•"ith.    iMi'i.      Colonel    Kiefer   was   wounded   three 

-    and    was    promoted    to    l'.rigadier-(  ieneral     am!     I'revel 

Ma  •  <••  i  icncral. 


History  of  Jerome  Townsliif>  131 

was  ordered  to  Zanesville,  where  one  company  was  added,  and 
then  to  Camp  Dennison,  where  a  company  was  recruited, 
and  the  organization  of  nine  companies  was  mustered  in  under 
Colonel  James  A.  \Yilcox.  Two  Jerome  Township  soldiers 
served  in  this  regiment  and  William  Sinsel  died  in  the  service. 

Colonel  \Yilcox  resigned  April  2i)th,  1803,  and  Lieutenant 
Colonel  John  G.  Mitchell  was  promoted  to  Colonel  and  com- 
manded the  brigade  in  some  of  the  hardest  battles  in  which 
the  regiment  participated.  Me  was  promoted  to  Brigadier- 
General  January  l?th,  1865. 

December  2?th,  1802,  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Louis- 
ville, Ky.,  and  encamped  there  and  at  Maldraughs  Hill  until 
February,  18(53.  The  regiment  was  transported  to  Nashville 
from  Louisville  by  river,  and  by  reason  of  the  lack  of  room 
and  sanitary  environments  on  the  boats  many  of  the  men  were 
taken  sick,  and  on  arrival  at  Nashville  were  in  a  serious  con- 
dition. The  regiment  was  ordered  to  Franklin  and  assigned 
to  General  Gilbert's  Division,  Army  of  the  Cumberland  ;  was 
on  garrison  duty  at  Franklin  and  Shelbyville  during  the  spring 
and  summer,  worked  on  the  fortifications,  and  was  sent  out 
on  some  scouting  expeditions. 

The  regiment  was  assigned  to  the  Reserve  Corps  com- 
manded by  General  Gordon  Granger,  and  moved  with  General 
Rosecran's  army  across  the  mountains  to  Chattanooga.  In 
the  last  day's  battle  of  Chickamauga,  September  2<>th,  1803, 
the  regiment,  in  General  James  Steadman's  Division,  arrived 
on  the  field  at  the  most  critical  time,  about  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
and  reported  to  General  George  11.  Thomas.  They  were  or- 
dered to  charge  Longstreet's  \  eteran  soldiers,  who  were 
flushed  with  victory  as  they  were  steadily  pushing  the  thin 
and  depleted  lines  of  Thomas'  army  to  the  rear  with  terrible 
slaughter.  The  regiment,  with  other  regiments  of  the  Divi- 
sion, made  a  fierce  assault  against  the  onrushing  Confederate 
lines,  checking  and  driving  them  from  the  ridge,  but  with  a 
loss  of  almost  fifty  per  cent  in  killed  and  wounded,  numbering 
upward  of  one  hundred  and  forty.  They  held  the  line  until 
the  army  was  ordered  to  fall  back,  late  in  the  evening. 


The  regiment  took  an  active  part  in  all  the  campaigns 
around  Chattanooga  after  the  battle  of  Cliickaniauga,  and 
marched  to  the  relief  of  (ieneral  Ilurnsides'  army  at  Knox- 
ville,  after  the  battle  of  Lookout  Mountain  and  Missionary 
Ridge.  This  was  one  of  the  hardest  campaigns  of  their 
service,  as  the  weather  was  bad  and  the  men,  being  without 
sufficient  clothing,  sntlered  greatly.  Returning  to  Chatta- 
nooga iust  before  Christmas,  the  regiment  went  into  winter 
quarters  near  McAfee's  Church,  a  tew  miles  south  of  Chat- 
tanooga. The  regiment  did  SOUK  reconnoitenng  and  scouting 
during  the  winter,  but  the  duties  were  light,  and  the  tenth 
company  was  organized,  as  up  to  this  time  there  had  been 
only  nine. 

The  regiment  moved  with  Ceiiera!  Sherman's  army  on 
the  Atlanta  campaign  Mav  ."ith,  and  was  heavilv  engaged  in 
manv  of  the  hard  battles  of  that  campaign.  In  the  battle  of 
Kcnoaw  Mountain,  fought  lime  \.;ith.  in  which  the  ll'Hh 
wa>  in  the  advance  line  charging  up  against  impregnable 
hrea.-tworks  through  Chiver-de-frese,  the  lo>s  in  the  regiment 
was  very  heavv,  being  upward  of  do  in  killed  and  wounded. 
.After  the  fall  of  Atlanta  the  regiment  marched  with  Sherman 
to  the  sea  and  the  la>t  battle  in  which  thev  were  engaged  was 
UeiHonville.  X.  ('..  March  I'.'ih.  IMi.V  They  then  marched 
to  Washington  and  took  part  in  the  <  irand  Review.  The 
losses  during  ll  war  in  killed,  (lied  of  wounds  and  disease 
were  two  hundred  and  sixty-nine.  The  regiment  was  mus- 
tered, out  at  Louisville.  Kv.,  Itilv  nth,  Isii."). 


The  I'.M-t  Regiment  was  organized  at  Delaware.  '  >ino. 
g  the  -ninmer  of  IM'.'J.  under  Colonel  \\ilham  I*.  Reid. 
!  :  uterant  Colonel  \\'illiam  S.  [rwin,  and  Major  R.  R.  llen- 
dcr-on.  Major  llender.-on  had  considerable  militarv  experi- 
enec,  a-  he  served  as  a  private  in  the  Thirteenth  Regiment. 
;  '.  V.  I.,  under  the  fir-t  call  of  the  I're.-idcnt  for  three  mo 

l-o  -ervcd  in  the  same  regiment  in  the  three  vears'  serv- 


History  of  Jerome  Township  133 

ice,  was  promoted  to  a  Captaincy,  and  by  reason  of  serious 
wounds  in  the  battle  of  Shiloh  was  discharged  from  that 
regiment. 

More  Union  County  soldiers  served  in  the  121st  O.  V.  I. 
than  in  any  other  regiment.  Marcenus  C.  Lawrence  was 
mustered  in  as  Captain  of  Company  A,  Aaron  B.  Robinson 
as  Captain  of  Company  I,  and  a  number  of  soldiers  from  the 
county  served  in  Company  C.  Captain  Lawrence  was  pro- 
moted to  Lieutenant  Colonel,  and  Captain  Robinson  was  pro- 
moted successively  to  Major,  Lieutenant  Colonel,  and  Colonel 
of  the  regiment.  Fifteen  Jerome  Township  soldiers  served 
in  this  regiment,  and  Lieutenant  Robert  B.  Fleming,  Otway 
B.  Cone,  and  Lewis  J.  Ketch  were  killed  in  battle  and  several 
others  were  wounded. 

Company  A  went  into  camp  with  102  men  and  Company  I 
with  110.  Recruits  were  assigned  to  the  different  companies 
during  their  service,  making  the  total  number  of  enlistments 
300,  this  being  the  greatest  number  of  men  from  this  county 
serving  in  any  one  regiment.  Of  this  number  seventeen  were 
killed,  forty-two  died  of  wounds  and  disease,  eighty-two  were 
wounded,  and  thirty-two  were  taken  prisoners,  making  a  total 
loss  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-three. 

The  121st  went  to  Cincinnati,  crossed  the  Ohio  River  and 
went  into  camp  at  Covington,  Ky.,  on  the  12th  of  September. 
At  this  place  it  was  armed  with  a  lot  of  condemned  Austrian 
rifles,  which  were  absolutely  worthless.  The  regiment  then 
moved  to  Louisville  and  was  attached  to  General  McCook's 
Division.  Inexperienced  and  without  an  hour's  drilling,  the 
regiment  marched  with  General  Buell's  forces  against  Bragg's 
rebel  army,  and  on  the  8th  of  October  was  led  into  the  battle 
of  Perryville,  where  it  received  its  first  baptism  of  blood. 
Many  strong  men  were  broken  down  in  these  first  months 
of  hard  service  and  never  afterward  returned  to  their  com- 
panies. 

The  regiment  was  detailed  to  bury  the  dead  at  Perryville; 
then  continued  in  Kentucky  performing  guard  duty  until 
January,  1863.  On  the  31st  of  December.  1862,  the  regi- 


mental  hospital  was  captured  at  Campbellsville.  Ky..  and  S.  B. 
Cone  an<l  James  Cone  were  taken  prisoners  and  paroled.  (  )n 
the  1st  of  Februarv.  lsii:>.  the  regiment  moved  into  Tennessee 
and  was  einploved  in  watching  and  protecting  the  right  Hank 
cif  General  Koseeran's  army,  then  stationed  at  Murfreesboro. 

About  this  time  Colonel  11.  H.  Banning  was  transferred  to 
the  command  of  the  regiment ;  the  prisoners  of  Perryville  had 
been  exchanged  and  thev.  with  many  of  the  sick,  returned 
to  their  companies. 

The  IvMst  moved  from  Stone  River  with  General  Rose- 
cran's  armv,  and  on  this  march  was  engaged  in  a  slight  skir- 
mish with  the  rebel  ( ieneral  Forrest  at  Triune,  on  the  :>rd  of 
June.  A  few  days  later  it  occupied  Shelbyville,  Tenn..  and 
after  remaining  there  several  weeks  advanced  to  Fayetteville, 
where  it  continued  until  the  1st  of  September,  when  orders 
were  received  to  join  the  Reserve  Corps  under  General  Gor- 
don Granger  and  proceed  to  Chattanooga. 

(  )n  the  '^ith  °f  September.  IM>-'!.  the  regiment  was  engaged 
in  that  memorable  charge  of  Steadman's  Division  at  the  battle 
of  Chickamauga.  in  which  they  drove  the  enemv  at  the  point 
of  the  bayonet  from  the  field  and  held  it  against  repeated 
attack-  until  the  close  of  the  battle.  The  P.Mst  was  the  last 
regiment  to  leave  the  battlefield,  and  carried  with  them  the 
flag  ol  the  Twenty-second  Alabama  Infantry,  which  was  cap- 
tured and  borne  awav  in  triumph  bv  one  Solomon  Fish,  of 
Mill  (.reek  Township,  a  member  of  Company  C.  It  i-  con- 
cluded that  tin-  timely  aid  of  the  Reserve  Corps  saved  (.ien- 
eral Thoma>'  armv  from  defeat. 

Captain  Lawrence  commanded  the  regiment  on  this  occa- 
sion during  tile  greater  part  of  the  battle,  while  vet  ranking 
a-  a  (  aptam.  and  Sergeant  (  Kwav  Currv  assumed  command 
of  (  ompanv  A. 

Fb.e    loss    of    the   regiment    in   thi.-    engagement    wa>   eleven 

othcer-    and   eighty-seven  men.     <>t    Company   A,   Amos   Am- 

: .  •;  -   missing;   Thomas    Marshall.    b>hn    1.    Ramage.   Solo- 

:i>'\.    (  ).    S.    Mvers.    Ilenrv     F.      lacksou     and     Samtiel 

\\  alters    were   wounded,   and    Solomon    llisev   was   al>cj   taken 


History  of  Jerome  Township  135 

prisoner.  Of  Company  I,  Lieutenant  Fleming.  Harrison 
Carpenter  and  James  Harden  were  killed,  and  Captain  A.  B. 
Robinson,  A.  R.  Gage,  George  Deland,  John  S.  Gill,  John  \Y. 
Bryan,  James  M.  Lucas,  Sheridan  McBratney,  Thomas  Page, 
John  G.  Rupright,  Edwin  Sager  and  Richard  AYhite  were 
wounded. 

After  the  battle  of  Chickamauga  the  regiment  shared  in 
the  battles  of  Lookout  Mountain  and  Mission  Ridge,  and  in 
the  march  to  the  relief  of  Knoxville,  then  remained  quietly 
in  camp  at  Rossville  until  entering  upon  the  Atlanta  campaign. 

Captain  Lawrence  was  promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel  in 
November,  1803,  and  was  in  command  of  the  regiment  during 
the  winter  of  18G3  and  1SG4,  Colonel  Banning  being  home  on 
recruiting  service.  On  the  2nd  of  May,  1864.  the  121st 
started  on  the  Atlanta  campaign.  Companies  A  and  I  and 
two  other  companies  were  selected  to  make  a  dangerous 
charge  upon  Buzzards'  Roost,  which  was  successfully  done 
with  but  little  loss,  then  shared  in  the  battle  of  Dalton  a  few 
days  later,  having  passed  through  Snake  Creek  Gap.  and  from 
that  point  until  the  fall  of  Atlanta,  September  1st,  the  regi- 
ment was  continually  under  fire.  It  was  in  the  engagement 
at  Resaca  and,  as  a  part  of  General  J.  C.  Davis'  Division,  was 
at  the  capture  of  Rome,  Ga.  At  the  battle  of  Kenesaw  Moun- 
tain the  regiment  held  the  extreme  right  of  the  Union  forces, 
and  with  fixed  bayonet  charged  up  nearly  to  the  breastworks 
of  the  enemy  in  a  vain  effort  to  drive  them  from  their  strong 
position.  A  deadly  cross-fire  of  shot,  shell  and  grape  killed 
and  disabled  loO  out  of  less  than  -KM)  of  the  121st.  With  few 
exceptions  all  were  killed  or  wounded  in  the  open  field  in 
front  of  the  enemy's  works,  in  about  five  minutes. 

Company  A  lost  in  this  engagement  John  G.  Perry,  killed; 
O.  ]'>.  Cone  mortally  wounded,  and  Henry  F.  Jackson,  F.  B. 
Hargrove.  L.  A.  X.  Craig.  Henry  Coats,  \Y.  11.  Got!  and 
Hiram  Laughry  wounded. 

Company  1  lost,  on  the  2'ith,  Tames  Chapman,  killed;  on 
the  22nd  A.  Drake  and  John  Yanderau  were  wounded,  and 
on  the  2Uh  Edward  Phillips,  Alexander  Scott,  1.  X.  Dillon, 


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A.  C.  Ro.secrans,  lohn  Kuhlman  and  Jeremiah  Kirk  were 
mortally  wounded,  and  George  Deland,  I.  CJ.  Converse,  \\il- 
liam  II.  1'onnett,  A.  \\".  Davis,  \'an  Dix.  Alexander  Gundy, 
\\"esley  ]Iawn,  George  ilolloway,  Josiah  Knight.  C.  P.  Morse, 
David  Kea,  11.  McYay.  John  A.  \\'ood,  James  A.  Snodgrass, 
Daniel  Cooperider.  J.  P.  Goodrich  and  John  Reed  were 
wounded,  and  Lewis  Ketch  was  killed.  The  two  companies 
lost  twelve  killed  and  died  of  wounds  and  thirty  wounded. 

From  the  'Jth  of  July  until  the  17th  the  regiment  was  en- 
gaged on  the  banks  of  the  Chatahoochie  River:  on  the  ISih 
and  •joth  ii  routed  the  enemy  and  occupied  their  position  at 
Peach  Tree  Creek.  Company  A  losing  two  men  —  S.  B.  Cone 
and  lohn  lolliff ----- wounded  in  this  engagement,  and  on  the 
'.?>!nd  joined  its  brigade  and  took  position  on  the  right  of  the 
National  line,  three  miles  from  Atlanta.  In  the  movement 
upon  |one>boro  it  took  the  advance,  acting  as  skirmishers  for 
the  Second  Division,  leading  the  Fourteenth  Corps.  Captain 
Henderson  of  Company  K  and  John  Cooperider  of  Company 
I  were  wounded  in  this  battle,  and  fohn  Ports  of  Company  A 
was  killed. 

<  )n  the  >?nd  of  September  Atlanta  surrendered,  and  on  the 
lith  the  regiment  went  into  cam])  near  that  citv.  The  1'' 1  st 
enured  the  Atlanta  campaign  with  K;s  non-commissioned 
otiicers  and  men  and  eighteen  commissioned  officers.  Four 
otlicers  were  killed  and  eight  wounded.  Twenty-two  men 
were  killed,  two  hundred  and  five  wounded,  and  one  captured. 
'  )n  the  ^!Mh  of  September  the  regiment  joined  the  expedition 
agaiiM  Forrest's  rebel  cavalry,  and  having  driven  him  across 
Tennessee  into  Alabama,  returned  and  marched  in  pursuit  of 
1  food's  arnn . 

'  in  the  '.'nd  of  '  >ctober  Lieutenant  Colonel  Lawrence  re- 
>igned,  and  on  the  1  !>th  Colonel  Uanning  left  the  regiment 
and.  the  command  devolved  on  A.  !'».  Robinson,  who  had  been 
promoted  to  Major  and  was  mustered  on  the  11th  of  Septem- 
ber Major  Robinson  was  afterward  promoted  to  Colonel 


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and  commanded  the  regiment  from  the  fall  of  Atlanta  until 
the  close  of  the  war  with  marked  ability. 

The  121st  joined  General  Sherman  at  Rome,  Ga..  and 
marched  with  his  army  to  the  sea.  After  the  fall  of  Sa- 
vannah the  regiment  moved  through  the  Carolinas,  taking  an 
active  part  in  the  engagement  at  Bentonville,  losing  six  men 
killed  and  twenty  wounded. 

Company  A  lost  John  Sparks  killed  and  J.  L.  Porter,  T. 
Prosser,  J.  G.  Irwin,  and  J.  C.  Warner  wounded;  and  Com- 
pany I  lost  C.  B.  Miller  killed,  Captain  C.  P.  Cavis  mortally 
wounded,  and  P.  Yanderau  and  James  Dunn  severely 
wounded. 

The  regiment  joined  the  National  forces  in  the  march  to 
Washington,  was  present  at  the  Grand  Review,  and  then  pro- 
ceeded to  Columbus,  Ohio,  where  it  was  mustered  out  on  the 
.12th  day  of  June.  18(55. 

The  121st  was  one  of  the  lighting  regiments,  and  the 
Jerome  Township  boys  who  served  in  the  regiment  had  a  most 
remarkable  record  for  hard  service.  They  participated  in  a 
number  of  the  hardest  battles  fought  by  the  Army  of  the 
Cumberland,  and  the  losses  in  killed,  died  of  wounds  and 
disease  were  o-ti).  including  nine  commissioned  officers. 

Many  of  the  facts  in  this  brief  history  of  their  services 
were  furnished  by  Colonel  A.  B.  Robinson  and  other  members 
of  the  regiment. 

The  large  number  of  casualties  is  the  best  evidence  that 
can  be  given  of  the  dangerous  service  rendered  by  these  com- 
panies, and  the  members  are  justlv  proud  of  the  record  of  the 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first. 

12STH  REGIMENT,  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

The  nucleus  of  the  12Sth  (  ).  V.  I.,  known  as  the  Hoffman 
Battalion,  was  composed  of  four  companies,  A.  B.  C,  and  D, 
recruited  in  JSG1  and  1S(>2.  Two  brothers.  Samuel  II.  Car- 
son and  Andrew  L.  Carson,  of  Jerome  Township,  served  in 
this  regiment.  This  battalion  was  on  dutv  at  Johnson's 

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I.-laml  during  the  first  part  of  its  service,  hut  was  sent  to 
Virginia  on  scouting  ami  reconnoitering  expeditions  before 
the  regiment  was  fully  recruited  and  organized. 

in  the  fall  of  }^*'>'-'>  six  new  companies  were  recruited  and 
the  regiment  was  organized  and  mustered  in  at  Camp  Taylor. 
Cleveland.  '  >hio,  in  lanuarv.  ]M>1.  including  the  Holtman 
Battalion,  under  Colonel  Charles  \Y.  Hill. 

The  regiment  in  the  spring  of  l^-ii-l  was  assigned  to  duty 
at  lohnson's  Islan<l.  near  Sandusky.  guarding  rebel  officers, 
as  this  island  had  been  designated  for  the  exclusive  confine- 
ment of  commissioned  officers.  A  large  number  of  otticers 
were  confined  on  the  island,  and  the  duty  of  guarding  them 
care full\'  was  arduous  but  verv  monotonous. 

in  l>'i'2  tlie  number  of  prisoners  so  confined  was  an  aver- 
age of  about  >.")<».  as  it  varied  during  the  ditlerent  months  by 
reason  nf  an  exchange  of  prisoners  arranged  by  a  cartel  in 
iulv  of  that  year.  During  the  year  !>(',:>  the  average  number 
on  the  island  was  from  In  (hiring  the  month  of  May  to  '•!.<'>'•!'•> 
m  I  'ccember. 

In  iMl-'l.  by  reason  of  the  organization  of  disloval  <  >rders 
m  both,  '  )lui,i  and  Jruiiana.  and  reported  concentration  of  rebel 
troops  m  Canada  for  the  purpose  of  releasing  prisoners,  the 
garrison  at  lohnson's  Island  was  largelv  increased  in  \~ovem- 
ber  by  a  dismounted  detachment  of  the  I'.th  (  >hio  Cavalry. 
a  flatter}-  of  the  'Jith  <  >hio  Light  Artillery.  First  <  >hio  Heavv 
\rtillerv.  1  Vnm.yivania  Ilattcrv.  and  other  detachment-. 

h  tin  winter  oi  !><il  a  bng:ide  of  the  Sixth.  Army  Corps 
wa-  al-o  sent  to  Johnson's  Island  tinder  (ieiieral  Shaler.  with 
1  '.' ith  i'.atterx  stationed  at  Sandiiskv.  all  under  i-ommand 
i  'I  i  u  ;iv  ral  1  errv. 

h:  Ajjril.  bx<il.  (  ieneral  Terrv  was  relieved  and  Colonel 
Mill  of  tin  I'J^th  Regiment  was  assigned  to  command  of  the 
garri-on.  In  the  fall  of  IM!}  the  Sixth  Veteran  Reserve 
1  or;  -  -.a-  duly  assigned  to  duty  on  the  i-land  and  there  was 
a  •  'ninuou-  transfer  of  troop>  to  and  froir:  the  front.  I  )e- 

•  •••  •-  of  th.e  l'J>tli  Regiment  were  detailed  for  dutv  and 
: !}•  -ent  to  distant  points  guarding  pn-oners,  tlius 


History  of  Jerome  Township  13!) 

reducing  the  force  in  the  garrison,  and  their  duties  were  very 
heavy  at  all  times. 

During  the  year  1804  the  number  of  prisoners  was  largely 
increased,  averaging  from  ^,000  in  January  to  upward  of 
o.uou  in  December.  As  this  prison  was  so  near  the  Canadian 
border,  and  Canada  was  in  sympathy  with  secession  and  the 
rebel  army,  there  was  great  danger  at  all  times  that  a  release 
of  the  prisoners  would  be  attempted  by  their  emissaries  in 
Canada,  assisted  by  the  Order  of  the  Knights  of  the  Golden 
Circle  and  Sons  of  Liberty,  organized  in  the  loyal  States. 
The  regiment  was  kept  under  the  strictest  discipline,  at  all 
times  ready  to  repel  an  invasion  or  check  any  attempt  of  the 
prisoners  to  make  their  escape. 

In  addition  to  their  duty  of  guarding  prisoners,  members 
of  the  regiment  were  required  to  perform  a  large  part  of  the 
labor  in  erecting  three  forts,  one  at  Cedar  Point  and  two  on 
the  island,  besides  erecting  magazine,  so  there  was  a  great 
deal  of  physical  labor  necessary.  The  regiment  was  splen- 
didly drilled,  and  had  the  opportunity  offered  they  would  have 
acquitted  themselves  with  honor  on  the  field,  as  strict  discip- 
line and  drill  had  molded  this  organization  into  a  fighting 
machine  ready  for  any  emergency. 

Loth  officers  and  men  would  have  hailed  with  delight  an 
order  to  go  to  the  front,  but  fortune  was  against  them.  The 
loss  by  death  was  sixty-four.  The  regiment  was  ordered 
from  the  island  to  Camp  Chase  July  10th,  and  was  mustered 
out  July  Kth.  IN  1)0. 

I;!:;RD  REGIMENT.  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 
ONE  HUNDRED  DAYS'  SERVICE. 

In  the  spring  of  lN(il  the  Army  of  the  Last,  under  General 
Grant  in  Virginia,  and  the  Army  of  the  Middle  \Vest,  under 
General  Sherman  in  Georgia,  were  organizing  for  a  general 
forward  movement  all  along  the  line.  This  was  a  most  criti- 
cal period  in  the  progress  of  the  war  and  it  was  determined 
to  move  all  of  the  veteran  organizations  to  the  front  and 
utilize  the  National  Guard,  organized  in  manv  of  the  North- 


140 

ern  Stales,  to  garrison  the  forts  and  guard  supplies,  thus  re- 
lieving the  veterans  from  this  service.  Thirty  thousand  of 
the  (  >hio  Xational  Cuard  went  into  camp  in  one  day  in  answer 
to  the  call  of  the  1  "resident  for  "One  hundred  days'  men." 

The  l-"..'!rd  Regiment  was  organized  under  this  call  at 
Camp  Chase.  (  )hio.  hy  consolidation  of  two  companies  of  the 
Xational  (luard  from  Hancock  County  with  the  Xational 
(jtiard  of  Franklin  County,  numbering  about  l.ouu  men  in 
both  organizations. 

The  regiment  was  mustered  into  the  U.  S.  service  May 
(>th.  under  Colonel  Custavus  S.  Innis.  and  was  immediately 
ordered  to  Parkersburg.  \\  .  \  a.  Six  soldiers  of  Jerome 
Townsliip  served  in  tliis  regiment.  In  a  few  days  it  was 
ordered  to  Xew  Creek  and  was  there  employed  in  guard  duty 
and  drill  until  about  the  1st  of  June,  when  it  was  ordered  to 
Washington  and  on  to  Bermuda  Hundred,  arming  June  K;th, 
and  was  assigned  to  the  First  Brigade.  First  Division,  Tenth 
Army  Corps. 

The  Division  was  ordered  out  on  an  expedition  June  Ifith 
to  tear  up  and  destroy  the  railroad  between  Petersburg  and 
Richmond  and  cut  olt  the  enemy's  communication  between 
those  two  points. 

The  !:!:!rd  was  engaged  in  a  sharp  light  as  the  regiment 
was  ordered  to  support  a  battery  that  was  shelling  the  rebel 
lines,  and  held  the  position  for  several  hours  while  a  detach- 
ment of  tlie  Division  tore  up  several  miles  of  railroad  track. 
The  troops  then  fell  back  slowly,  keeping  up  a  brisk  light  all 
along  the  line  and  a  few  member-  of  the  regiment  were 
wounded.  This  was  their  first  experience  on  the  firing  line. 
and  the  men  stood  in  their  guns  like  veterans. 

'  'M  the  11th  of  July  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  take 
steamer  at  Point  of  Rocks  and  move  ID  Fort  Powhatan,  on 
the  James  River.  Here  the  regiment  wa-  employed  working 


for 


History  of  Jerome  Toii'nsJiip  141 

bers  of  the  regiment  were  stricken  with  malarial  fever  of  a 
very  malignant  type,  and  about  one-third  of  the  command 
was  on  the  sick  list  or  in  hospital  during  the  month  of  July. 
Notwithstanding  that  fact,  the  men  were  kept  on  duty,  al- 
though weakened  by  these  continual  fevers. 

The  losses  by  death  during  the  Hundred  Days'  Service 
were  forty-seven.  The  regiment  was  mustered  out  at  Camp 
Chase,  Ohio,  August  20th,  18G4. 

129TH  REGIMENT,  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 
SIN  MONTHS'  SERVICE. 

The  129th  Regiment,  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  was  or- 
ganized at  Camp  Taylor,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  the  summer  of 
186-').  The  regiment  was  mustered  into  service  for  six 
months  August  loth,  under  Colonel  Howard  D.  Johns. 
About  twenty  men  were  recruited  in  Union  County  and  as- 
signed as  Company  G,  of  which  "William  H.  Robinson  was 
elected  Second  Lieutenant  and  Chester  L.  Robinson  of  Jerome 
Township  was  appointed  a  Sergeant.  Four  Jerome  Town- 
ship soldiers  served  in  this  regiment. 

A  large  number  of  both  officers  and  men  had  seen  service 
in  other  regiments,  and  the  J29th  was  composed  of  excellent 
material  and  was  soon  under  good  discipline  and  well  drilled. 
Immediately  after  muster  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Camp 
Nelson,  Kentucky,  and  was  brigaded  with  the  8<>th  Ohio  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  the  22nd  Ohio  Battery,  Light  Artillery,  a 
detachment  of  Tennessee  Mounted  Infantry,  and  Colonel  De 
Courcy  was  in  command  of  the  Brigade.  The  Brigade  was 
attached  to  the  Ninth  Army  Corps.  August  2oth  they  started 
on  the  march  to  Cumberland  Gap  by  way  of  Crab  Orchard. 
London  and  Barboursville. 

The  Brigade  arrived  at  the  Gap  soon  after  the  arrival  of 
the  army  of  General  Burnsides  from  the  opposite  direction, 
and  the  rebel  forces,  strongly  fortified,  were  completely  in- 
vested. A  few  shells  were  fired  from  the  forts,  with  some 
skirmishing  on  the  picket  lines  as  the  Union  froces  advanced. 


1  k> 

lull  \v;is  a  feeble  resistance  from  the  stronglv  fortified  posi- 
tion. 

As  soon  as  the  line  of  battle,  was  formed  and  the  "'"'ml 
<  >hio  1'attery.  tinder  command  of  Captain  Henry  M.  Xeil, 
was  in  position,  a  demand  was  made  on  (  ieneral  Fra/.ier,  com- 
manding the  rebel  forces,  for  the  immediate  surrender  of  his 
army.  (  ieneral  Frazier  accepted  the  terms  at  once  and  with- 
out tiring  a  -hot.  About  '.V>IHI  prisoner:-  were  captured,  with 
thirteen  or  fourteen  pieco  of  artillerv.  -e\  eral  thotisand 
stands  of  arm-~  and  a  large  amount  of  ammunition,  commis- 
sarv  and  quartermaster's  supplies.  A  few  companies  of  cav- 
alry  made  their  escape  through  the  Cnion  lines  after  the  sur- 
render. The  lirigade  was  assigned  to  garrison  duty  at  the 
(lap  under  command  of  Colonel  I  .emert  of  the  Mith  <  ).  V.  I. 
They  were  sent  out  frequently  on  recounoitering  expeditions 
and  were  so  employed  with  guard  and  picket  duty  until  about 
the  1st  of  December.  Farly  in  December  the  regiment  re- 
ceived marching  orders  and  arrived  on  the  banks  of  Clinch 
Ri\er  December  '.Jnd.  Here  the  regiment  had  a  brisk  tight 
with  a  detachment  of  Longstreet  s  corps  near  where  the 
Knoxville  road  crosses  the  Clinch  River. 

After  this  tight  the  regiment  was  on  duty  -coating,  patrol- 
ii  EJ  ;  :  '1  watching  the  movements  of  the  enemv  along  the  river 
:id  frequent  -kirnn-hcs.  lieginning  \vith  the  "Cold  Xew 
\  ear,"  January  ist,  l>'i).  the  weather  was  verv  cold  and  >o 
continued  during  the  winter.  Having  left  their  baggage  at 
the  </ap,  the  men  were  very  thinly  clad  and  suffered  greatly, 
as  their  duties  were  verv  arduous  and  rations  scarce. 

About  the  last  ot   December  the  regiment  was  ordered  back 

to     I  a/well,    where   thev   were    in    such    close   proximitv   to   the 

v  that  thev  could  not   forage  olt   the  country  for  -npphcs 

without    being   in    danger  of   an   attack'    from   a   large    force  of 

rebel     rivalry   ever  on   the  alert    for   foragers.      This  condition 

'•••:•  :  tl  rough  all  the  month  oi  lanuary  and  manv  men 
of  tl  ie  died  of  exposure. 

A  •  umber  oi  the  officers  of  the  1'^'th  had  -een  service  in 
r  r<  ments,  where  thev  had  a  thoroutrli  nnlitarv  training. 


History  of  Jerome  Townsliip  140 

and  during  these  terrible  days  of  suffering  were  untiring  in 
their  efforts  for  the  comfort  of  the  men.  It  was  a  campaign 
of  terrible  suffering,  and  it  may  well  be  doubted  if  any  other 
Ohio  regiment  passed  through  such  a  siege  of  hardships  as 
did  the  12!>th  Regiment  in  the  same  length  of  service. 

During  all  of  these  days  and  weeks  the  men  performed 
their  duties  like  veterans,  and  without  murmur  or  complaint, 
as  attested  by  their  officers.  About  the  1st  of  February  the 
regiment  was  ordered  back  to  the  Gap  and  then  marched  to 
Camp  Nelson,  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  miles  distant. 
From  there  the  regiment  moved  by  rail  to  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
where  it  was  mustered  out  March  4th,  1S(>4. 

The  losses  by  death  during  the  six  months'  service  were 
twenty-live. 

]3(5TH  REGIMENT,  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 
OXE  HUNDRED  DAYS'  SERVICE. 

The  J-')Gth  Regiment  was  organized  under  the  call  of  the 
President  for  the  "Hundred  Days'  Men,"  in  May,  1S(>4.  It 
was  composed  of  companies  of  the  Ohio  National  Guard  from 
Union  County,  Morrow  County,  Crawford  County,  and  Ma- 
rion County.  Union  County  had  three  full  companies  in 
this  regiment  —  Company  D,  Captain  David  S.  Norvell ; 
Company  H,  Captain  Charles  Fullington,  and  Company  K, 
Captain  Alpheus  B.  Parmeter,  numbering  in  the  three  com- 
panies 2T4  men. 

Twenty-eight  men  of  Jerome  Township  served  in  this 
regiment,  many  of  whom  were  married  men  and  of  the  most 
substantial  farmers,  leaving  their  homes  just  when  the  corn 
and  other  crops  were  being  planted,  thus  entaling  heavy  finan- 
cial loss,  as  but  few  men  were  left  at  home  to  farm  the  land. 
A  majority  of  the  young  men  of  the  township  were  in  the 
service  and  at  the  front,  and  this  was  a  most  critical  time. 
A  newspaper  article  published  at  the  time  gives  a  good  idea 
of  the  situation,  from  which  the  following  is  a  ({notation: 

"Fortunate  was  it  for  the  country  that  the  Governor  of 
Ohio  held  in  his  hand  this  reserved  thunderbolt  of  war.  The 


1  14  History  <i/  Jcri>tne   To 

crisis  of  the  Rebellion  \vas  upon  us.  The  rebel  foe  was  inso- 
lent and  sanguine.  They  were  gathering  their  whole  military 
power  and  preparing  to  hurl  it  upon  the  L'nion  columns  in 
one  deadly  and  decisive  conflict.  The  hearts  of  all  brave  men 
throbbed  in  unwonted  anxietv  as  they  looked  upon  the  formid- 
able array  of  rebel  hosts.  They  saw  that  the  impending  con- 
flict mint  speedily  occur.  They  knew  that  failure  to  our 
arms  would  be  an  inexpressible  disaster  to  the  National  cause; 
and  all  wanted  the  assurance  of  our  success  made  doubly  sure 
by  giving  additional  strength  to  our  armies  in  the  field.  To 
render  that  strength  effective,  it  must  be  added  at  once.  The 
exigency  permitted  of  no  delay.  The  reinforcements  must 
come  then,  or  their  coming  would  be  useless  for  the  critical 
moment  of  the  campaign.  It  was  at  this  moment  of  public 
anxiety  —  a  moment  pregnant  with  the  Nation's  future  — 
that  Governor  Brough  sent  forth  the  reserved  power  of  thirty- 
hve  thousand  brave  and  gallant  National  Guards.''" 

This  regiment  was  mustered  into  the  service  at  Camp 
I  base  May  l.'Jth.  under  Colonel  \Y.  S.  Irwin.  and  was  immedi- 
ately ordered  to  \\  ashington,  where  it  arrived  May  ^ittli  and 
was  assigned  to  garrison  duty  at  Fort  Fllsworth.  Fort,  \Yil- 
liams.  and  Fort  North,  south  of  the  Potomac  i\iver,  and  was 
assigned  to  the  Third  llrigade,  I  )e  Russev's  I)ivision. 

Strict  discipline  and  continuous  drill  were  inaugurated  by 
the  commanding  ollicer  and  the  regiment  was  soon  in  fine 
condition  for  an  active  campaign.  They  not  onlv  drilled  in 
inlantry  tactics,  but  details  were  made  to  man  the  heavv  guns 
oil  the  forts,  and  many  of  the  men  became  efficient  in  artillery 
practice. 

1  he  regiment  remained  on  garrison  duty  contmuouslv  in 
the  defenses  around  Washington  until  the  term  of  service 
expired,  and  won  the  praise  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
defences  by  their  -oldiery  bearing  at  all  tune-.  The  regiment 
was  mustered  out  August  :5"th.  1>('*!.  and  the  loss  by  death 
•.'.;:-  twenty- five. 


History  of  Jerome  Tozvnship  145 

145TH  REGIMENT,  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 
ONE  HUNDRED  DAYS'  SERVICE. 

This  regiment  was  organized  at  Camp  Chase,  Ohio,  May 
12th.  18G-J-,  to  serve  one  hundred  clays.  It  was  composed  of 
the  Twenty-first  Battalion,  Ohio  National  Guard,  from  Dela- 
ware County,  and  the  Thirteenth  Battalion,  Ohio  National 
Guard,  from  Erie  County.  The  regiment  was  immediately  or- 
dered to  Washington  City,  and,  on  its  arrival,  was  asigsned  to 
General  Augur  as  garrison  for  Forts  Whipple,  Woodbury, 
Albany  and  Tillinghast,  comprising  the  southern  defenses  of 
Washington,  on  Arlington  Heights. 

The  service  of  the  regiment  consisted  principally  of  garri- 
son and  fatigue  duty.  On  the  20th  of  August,  the  time  of  its 
enlistment  having  expired,  the  regiment  was  moved,  by  the 
Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  to  Baltimore,  and  thence  by  the 
Northern  Central,  Pennsylvania  Central,  etc.,  to  Camp  Chase, 
where,  on  the  24th  of  August,  it  was  mustered  out  on  expira- 
tion of  term  of  service. 

But  one  Jerome  Township  soldier  served  in  this  regiment, 
and  the  loss  by  death  was  ten. 

IT-m-I  REGIMENT,  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 
ONE-YEAR  SERVICE. 

Under  the  President's  call  of  July,  .18G-1.  for  troops  to 
serve  for  one  year,  two  full  companies  were  recruited  in  L'nion 
County.  Leaving  Marysville  for  Camp  Chase  on  the  ,'JJst  of 
August,  they  were  assigned  as  Companies  B  and  C,  of  the 
One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fourth  Ohio  Infantry. 

The  original  commissioned  officers  of  Company  B  were 
U.  I).  Cole,  Captain;  Peter  Hill,  First  Lieutenant,  and  George 
Harriman,  Second  Lieutenant.  During  its  term  of  service  this 
company  lost  five  killed  in  battle,  six  wounded  and  twelve  died 
in  hospitals. 

Company  C  was  mustered  in  under  the  following  commis- 
sioned otiicers:  William  li.  Robb,  Captain;  W.  B.  Brown. 
First  Lieutenant,  and  Joseph  Swartz,  Second  Lieutenant. 

Captain   Robb  was  discharged  on   account  of   wounds   re- 


146 

ceived  at  Murfrcesboro,  and  Lieutenant  I'.rown  was  then  pro- 
moted to  Captain,  and  was  in  command  of  the  company  until 
wounded  at  Kingston.  March  l(|th,  IM>.~>,  after  wliich  the  com- 
mand devolved  upon  l.ieut.  T.  P>.  Mvers. 

Companv  C  lost  eight  of  its  members  on  the  fields  and  in 
the  hospitals,  and  fourteen  wounded.  Union  County  was  rep- 
resented among  the  field  and  staff  officers  of  this  regiment  by 
A.  I.  Sterling,  who  served  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  from  the  or- 
ganization of  the  regiment  until  its  muster  out. 

The  <  >ne  Hundred  and  Seventy-fourth  <  )hio  was  organized 
September  '.Hst,  Isiil.  tinder  Colonel  lohn  S.  Jones,  and.  on 
the  V>rd.  left  Ohio  for  Nashville.  Tenn..  to  report  to  Maj. 
(.ien.  \V.  T.  Sherman,  then  commanding  the  Military  l)i\i-ion 
of  the  Mississippi.  On  arrival  at  Nashville,  order-;  were  re- 
ceived to  proceed  to  Murfreesboro.  which  was  then  threatened 
by  Forrest's  rebel  cavalry. 

The  regiment  remained  at  Murfreesboro  until  <  Vlober 
•-j'th.  when  it  moved  to  Decatur.  Ala.,  and  assisted  in  defending 
that  garrison  from  an  attack  made  by  Hoods  advance.  After 
a  movement  to  the  mouth  of  Hlk  Creek  and  back  again,  the 
One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fourth  remained  at  iVcatur.  until 
recalled  to  Murfreesboro  to  participate  in  the  investment  of 
that  stronghold.  It  took  an  active  part  in  the  battle  at  (  Kerall's 
(  reek,  lining  two  officers  wounded,  six  men  killed  and  thirtv- 
cight  wounded. 

Alter  tin-  engagement  the  regiment  was  ordered  on  dress 
parade  and  was  complimented  in  per-on  bv  (jeneral  Rous-eau 
lor  gallantrv.  In  tlie  battle  of  the  Cedars  it  again  di-tin- 
glli.-hcd  it-elf  bv  making  a  charge  on  the  enemy'-  breastworks 
and  capturing  t\vo  cannons,  a  -land  ot  rebel  color-  belonging 
rir.-t  and  Fourth  I;lorida.  and  about  two  hundred  pris- 
oner-. The  regiment  lo.-t  in  this  engagement  one  commissioned 

er  ki'lcd  and  seven  wounded:  four  men  killed  and  twentv- 
two  wounded.  It  wa-  complimented  in  general  orders  for  its 
'•on< lu-.-t  on  thi-  occasii m. 

\fter  Slaving  jjarticijiated  in  all  the  lighting  around  Mur- 
fret -boro,  the  One  llmi'lred  and  Seventv-fourth  Joined  the 


History  of  Jerome  Township  147 

Twenty-third  Army  Corps  at  Columbia,  Term.,  and  was  as- 
signed to  the  First  Brigade,  First  Division  of  that  corps.  In 
January,  ISGo,  it  moved  to  Washington  City,  where  it  remained 
in  camp  until  February  21st,  then  proceeded  to  Xorth  Caro- 
lina, and,  joining  the  forces  under  General  Cox.  took  a  con- 
spicuous part  in  the  battle  of  Five  Forks,  at  Kingston. 

On  the  loth  of  March  it  successfully  resisted  a  fierce  attack 
made  by  General  Hoke.  It  lost  two  officers  wounded,  four 
men  killed  and  twenty-three  wounded. 

This  was  the  last  battle  in  which  the  regiment  was  engaged. 
It  joined  Sherman's  forces  at  Goldsboro.  and  served  under 
General  Schofield  at  \Yanesboro,  X.  C.,  until  mustered  out  at 
Charoltte,  June  28th.  Then  returning  to  Columbus,  Ohio,  it 
was  paid  off,  and  discharged  July  Tth,  1865. 

Colonel  John  S.  Jones,  who  commanded  the  regiment,  had 
served  three  years  as  a  Captain  in  the  Fourth  Regiment,  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry,  and  had  seen  hard  service  at  the  front, 
participating,  with  his  regiment,  in  twenty-one  battles  in  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  including  the  battle  of  Gettysburg. 
Lieutenant  Colonel  James  A.  Sterling  of  Union  County  had 
served  as  a  Captain  in  the  31st  Regiment,  Ohio  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, Army  of  the  Cumberland,  having  been  discharged  by 
reason  of  wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Chickamauga. 

Under  these  officers  of  long  service,  with  many  other  vet- 
erans who  had  seen  service  at  the  front,  the  regiment  became, 
in  a  short  time,  one  of  the  best  disciplined  and  best  drilled 
regiments  in  the  department  to  which  it  was  assigned  and 
was  always  depended  on  in  any  emergency.  It  may  well  be 
doubted  if  any  other  one-year  regiment  had  a  better  record 
than  the  171th,  and  the  boys  who  served  in  it  may  well  take  a 
just  pride  in  their  services. 

Fourteen  Jerome  Township  soldiers  served  in  this  regi- 
ment. The  losses  by  death  were  one  hundred  and  seventeen. 

1S7TH   REGIMEXT.  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 
ONE-YEAR  SERVICE. 

The  l.slth  Regiment  was  one  of  the  last  full  regiments 
recruited  to  serve  one  vear  under  the  call  of  President  Lin- 


148  nis!o>-\  of  Jerome   Township 

coin  in  July,  1MIL  (  )ne  comj);my  of  this  regiment  was  re- 
cruited in  Union  County  by  Captain  William  P.  \\  elsh  and 
was  the  last  company  recruited  in  the  county  for  Civil  War 
service.  It  was  composed  largely  of  farmers,  strong  of  body 
and  lithe  of  limb,  and  there  were  great  discrepancies  in  their 
ages.  Many  of  the  members  were  mere  boys  of  twelve  or  thir- 
teen years  of  age  when  the  war  commenced.  They  had  re- 
mained at  home  to  do  the  farm  work  and  care  for  the  families 
while  the  older  brothers  had  enlisted,  and  many  of  them  had 
fallen  on  the  battle  line  or  died  of  disease. 

The  boys  who  had  been  left  at  home  had  now  grown  to 
manhood  and  went  forth  to  take  the  places  of  their  fathers  or 
brothers  who  had  fallen.  Then  there  were  men  of  more 
mature  years  who  had  served  in  other  organizations  and  were 
true  and  tried  veterans.  This  was  very  fortunate,  as  the  young 
boys,  profiting  by  the  experience  and  instructions  of  the  vet- 
erans in  the  ranks,  soon  learned  to  care  for  their  wants,  both 
in  camp  and  on  the  march,  and  were  ready  for  campaigning  in 
a  few  weeks,  whereas  if  the  regiment  had  been  composed  of 
all  raw  recruits,  it  would  have  taken  month-.  Fourteen  Jerome. 
Township  boys  served  in  Company  B  of  this  regiment. 

The  regiment  wa-  mustered  in  at  Camp  Chase.  (  'hio.  March 
1st,  1  >»'.!.  under  Colonel  R.  /.  I  )awson  and  Lieut.  Col.  L.  R. 
Davis,  both  veterans  of  -crvice  in  other  organizations.  On  the 
ijrd  of  March  the  regiment  received  orders  to  report  at  Xash- 
ville  and  on  to  1  )alton.  (  la.,  where  they  went  into  camp,  and 
through  the  months  of  March  and  April  were  emploved  in 
drilling  and  guard  duty,  and  were  brought  to  a  high  -tale  of 
efficiency  m  discipline  bv  their  veteran  otticers.  At  one  time 
tile  regiment  wa-  ordered  out  on  a  scout  and  made  a  hard  night 
march  down  through  Sugar  \allev,  -mull  of  Chattanooga, 
which  was  considered  a  hard  introductory  campaign,  even  by 
the  veterans.  The  regiment  marched  to  King-ton,  (ja..  where 
'.'.'hi|i  soldiers  of  the  Confederate  army  of  I  .re  and  [ohnson 
surrendered  and  were  paroled,  alter  which  thev  returned  to 
Dalton.  When  the  railroad-  had  been  repaired  the  regiment 
wa-  ordered  to  Macon  bv  rail. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  119 

During  the  summer  and  fall  of  1SG5  the  regiment  was  on 
garrison  duty  at  Macon.  As  the  Confederate  soldiers  were 
returning  to  their  homes  and  the  citizens  were  necessarily  re- 
questing many  favors  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  both  the  Union 
and  Confederate  armies,  having  passed  through  that  section  in 
the  fall  of  1SG4,  had  stripped  the  country  very  largely  of  both 
forage  and  provisions,  the  duties  of  the  regiment  were  com- 
plicated and  arduous. 

The  war  having  ended,  the  discipline  among  the  troops  out- 
side the  garrison  was  very  lax  and  caused  a  great  deal  of  trou- 
ble to  the  Provost  Guard,  as  they  had  to  make  many  arrests. 
During  the  service  of  the  regiment  as  Provost  Guards  they 
were  very  highly  commended  for  discipline  and  soldierly  bear- 
ing at  all  times  as  one  of  the  best  regiments  in  the  service  of 
that  department. 

The  losses  in  the  regiment  by  death  were  fifty-four.  The 
regiment  was  mustered  out  at  Macon,  Ga.,  January  20th,  I860, 
and  was  discharged  and  paid  oft  at  Camp  Chase.  Ohio,  January 
23rd. 

1U1ST   REGIMENT,   OHIO   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 
ONE-YEAR  SERVICE. 

The  lltlst  Regiment  was  organized  at  Camp  Chase,  Ohio, 
and  mustered  into  the  service  March  loth,  1SG3,  under  Colonel 
Robert  B.  Kimberly,  who  had  served  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  of 
the  41st  O.  V.  I.  ;  Lieut.  Col.  Edward  M.  Driscoll,  who  had 
served  as  a  Captain  in  the  Third  Ohio  Infantry,  and  Maj. 
Nathaniel  J.  Manning,  who  had  served  as  a  Captain  in  the  2<">th 
O.  \  .  I.  It  was  very  fortunate  that  the  regiment  was  organ- 
ized under  these  veteran  officers,  and  it  was  soon  equipped 
and  ready  for  the  field. 

On  the  day  of  organization,  the  regiment  was  ordered  to 
Winchester,  \  a.,  and  reported  to  General  Hancock,  who  was 
in  command  of  the  First  Army  Corps,  but  was  intercepted 
by  an  order  to  stop  at  Harper's  Ferry,  and  was  assigned  to  a 
brigade  composed  of  the  ISi'-hid  O.  V.  I.,  l!»ord  O.  V.  I.  and 
JItiith  (  ).  \  .  I.,  thus  forming1  an  Ohio  brigade. 


150 

Colonel  Kimbcrly  having  been  promoted  to  Brigadier  den- 
eral.  \vas  a>.-igncd  to  command  the  brigade.  Soon  after  the 
organization  of  the  corps,  the  designation  \vas  made  Second 
l>rigade.  Second  Division.  Army  of  the  Shenandoali.  Strict 
discipline  was  inaugurated  by  Colonel  Kimberly  in  the  regi- 
ment-- composing  the  brigade,  and  a  great  deal  of  time  was 
devoted  to  drill  and  practice  marching.  The  brigade  was  re- 
viewed bv  (ieneral  Hancock  during  the  month  of  May.  and 
\va>  very  highlv  complimented  for  th.eir  soldierly  appearance 
while  marching  in  review. 

The  regiment  served  on  garrison  duty  in  the  Shenandoali 
Valley  during  the  summer,  and  during  a  part  of  it>  service 
was  stationed  at  \\inchester.  The  regiment  was  kept  on 
duty  continuously  until  the  latter  part  of  August,  and  was  the 
last  regiment  retained  in  the  Shenandoali. 

The  losses  bv  death  were  twenty-nine.  Tuo  Jerome  Town- 
ship soldiers  served  in  this  regiment,  Lieut.  Henry  1  lensel  and 
David  !',.  Lattmier.  '1  he  regiment  was  mustered  out  at  Camp 
Cha-c.  <  »hio.  September  .">rd.  1  *()."). 


I  iie   I'.'ah   Regiment  \va>  organized  at  Cani]>  Chase.  <  >hio. 

under  the  la-;  call  of  the   President   lor  volunteers  during  the 

Civil  \\  ar.     It  was  mu.-tered  into  service,  one  thousand  strong. 

PJth.  iMio.  »~or  one  vear.  under  Colonel  i'.enton  Hal-tead. 

and   was  the  la>t   regiment  to  leave  the  state.      A  majority  of 

the  officers  and  manv  of  the  rank  and  file  had  seen  service  in 

other  regiiiien!--  and  were  fullv  equipped  and  readv  for  service 

in  the  iield  as  soon  a<  mustered  in.      The  regiment   leti   Camp 

for    \\ashmgton    April    '.'-"ith.    and    on    arrival    was    as- 

-igned    to   tlie    Ninth    Armv    (  oi"]i>    and    \veiit    into    camp    near 

•    Iria.  \  a.     I;  was  assigned  \vith  the  'vl^th  Pennsyh  ania. 

!"i.')tli   Indiana,  as  the  Provisional   I'.rigade. 

.•^o.in  after  thi>  rjrganization  \\a>  comjjletefl  the  brigade  was 

,    r;iil  to  l>M\er.  1  )elaware,  and  was  in  camp   i»r  one 

mi  •  ''  .  cmploved  in  guar'l  dutv  and  drill.     Ouring  the  month 


History  of  Jerome  Toi^nship  151 

of  June  the  headquarters  of  the  regiment  were  at  1  iavre-de- 
Grace,  Maryland,  and  detachments  were  sent  out  to  guard  the 
railroads  and  bridges  toward  Baltimore.  While  stationed  here 
the  designation  cf  the  regiment  was  changed  to  the  Separate 
Brigade,  Eighth  Army  Corps. 

During  the  month  of  July  the  regiment  was  stationed  at 
Fort  Worthington,  near  Baltimore,  and  performed  garrison 
duty  continuously  until  ordered  to  Ohio  to  be  mustered  out. 
But  one  Jerome  Township  soldier  served  in  this  regiment, 
Emanuel  Lape. 

The  regiment  was  composed  of  a  splendid  body  of  men, 
well  drilled  and  disciplined,  who  were  anxious  for  service  in 
the  field,  but  the  war  closed  just  as  the  regiment  was  mus- 
tered into  service  and  before  it  reached  the  front.  The  loss  by 
death  was  eighteen.  The  regiment  was  mustered  out  at  Tod 
Barracks,  Columbus,  Ohio,  August  Gth,  ISGo. 

?TH      INDEPENDENT     COMPANY,     OHIO     SHARP- 
SHOOTERS, OR  GEN.  SHERMAN'S  BODYGUARD. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

Ten  companies  of  Sharpshooters  were  organized  in  Ohio 
and  an  effort  was  made  to  organize  a  regiment  to  be  known  as 
"Birgc's  Western  Sharpshooters/'  but  the  organization  was 
never  completed.  As  the  companies  were  recruited  and  sent 
10  the  front,  they  were  attached  to  some  regiment  that  did  not 
have  a  full  quota  of  men  to  commission  the  regimental  officers. 

The  Seventh  Company  of  Independent  Sharpshooters  was 
organized  at  Cleveland,  (  )hio,  and  mustered  into  the  three 
years'  service  on  the  t^th  of  January,  1S(>;5. 

Twenty-five  men  were  recruited  in  Union  Countv  for  this 
company,  and  Lieut.  \\  illiam  M.  McCrory,  from  [eroine 
Township,  was  promoted  to  a  Captaincy.  The  soldiers 
from  L'nion  County  who  served  in  this  company  were  fanner 
bovs  who  had  been  accustomed  to  hunting  with  a  rifle,  and 
were  line  shots.  They  'preferred  this  service  with  the  expecta- 
tion of  being  permitted  to  serve  on  the  skirmish  line  and  de- 
fenses as  sharpshooters.  Watson  C.  Squires  was  mustered  in 


15'3  IIisti>rv  of  Jerome  Township 

as  Captain  of  the  company;  William  M.  McCrory,  First  Lieu- 
tenant, and  James  Cox,  Second  Lieutenant. 

Tins  companv  hrst  served  under  Generals  Rosecrans  and 
Thomas,  and  participated  in  the  battles  of  Chickamauga.  Look- 
out Mountain  and  Mission  Ridge.  At  the  commencement  of 
the  Atlanta  campaign  it  was  ordered  to  Gen.  Sherman's  head- 
quarters, and  remained  on  duty  near  the  person  of  the  Com- 
manding General  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

The  company  was  commanded  by  Captain  Squire  until  he 
was  detailed  as  Judge  Advocate,  after  the  battle  of  Chicka- 
mauga; then  bv  Captain  McCrorv.  except  during  the  march  to 
the  sea,  when,  in  the  absence  of  Captain  McCrory.  Lieutenant 
Cox  assumed  command. 

I  saw  Captain  McCrory  on  the  Atlanta  campaign  when  he 
had  command  of  the  companv.  He  informed  me  that  the 
duties  at  General  Sherman's  headquarters  were  very  pleasant 
and  agreeable,  vet  he  was  anxious  to  be  relieved  and  get  out 
on  the  skirmish  line,  but  General  Sherman  would  not  consent 
and  the  company  was  retained  as  his  escort  during  the  march 
to  the  sea  and  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

(  aptain  William  McCrory  was  a  fine  shot  himself  and  felt 
perfectly  at  home  with  a  nlle  in  hand  watching  for  a  shot  on 
the  picket  or  skirmish  line.  After  the  march  to  the  sea  and 
through  the  Carolina*  the  companv  was  in  the  grand  review 
at  Washington.  It  was  ordered  to  Camp  Chase.  <  )hio.  and 
mustered  out  Inly  ''Mil.  1  >'>•">. 

1  hree  Cnion  Countv  soldiers  of  this  companv  died  in  the 
service,  and  a  number  were  taken  prisoner  at  Kingston,  (la., 
Xovembcr  >th.  1MJ1.  Sergeant  William  l>.  Haines  wa-  a  pris- 
oner of  war,  was  m  Andersonville  for  >ome  months,  and  can 
relate  some  harrowing  incidents  of  the  >uf|  Brings  "f  Cnion 
soldiers  in  that  prison. 

company  took  an  honorable  part  in  fifteen,  battles  and 
The  loss  bv  death   was  eighteen.      <  hi   its  depart- 
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the  Seventh  Independent  Company  of  the  Ohio  Sharpshooters 
his  personal  thanks  for  their  long  and  valuable  services  near 
his  person  in  the  eventful  campaign  beginning  at  Chattanooga, 
Tenn.,  and  ending  with  the  war.  He  commends  them  as  a  fine 
body  of  intelligent  young  volunteers,  to  whom  he  attributes 
his  personal  safety  in  the  battles,  marches  and  bivouacs  in 
Georgia  and  the  Carolinas.  He  wishes  them  long  life  and  a 
proud  consciousness  of  having  done  their  duty  with  a  cheerful- 
ness, precision  and  intelligence  worthy  the  great  cause  in  which 
they  were  engaged,  and  he  bespeaks  for  them  a  kind  and  gen- 
erous welcome  back  to  their  old  home  in  Ohio." 


TENTH  OHIO  BATTERY,  LIGHT  ARTILLERY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

This  battery  was  organized  at  Xenia,  Ohio,  and  was  mus- 
tered into  the  service  at  Camp  Dennison  on  the  3rd  day  of 
March,  LS<;2,  under  Captain  Hamilton  B.  White.  It  was 
armed  and  equipped  soon  after  muster  in,  and  was  ordered  to 
St.  Louis,  and  from  there  to  go  up  the  Tennessee  River  by 
boat  to  Pittsburg  Landing,  where  it  arrived  April  13th,  one 
week  after  the  battle  of  Pittsburg  Landing,  fought  April 
6th  and  ?th. 

The  13th  Ohio  Battery,  which  had  participated  in  the 
battle  of  Pittsburg  Landing,  was  unfortunate  in  taking  a  posi- 
tion where  the  horses  were  shot  down,  and  the  battery  was 
captured  by  the  enemy.  The  members  of  the  battery  were 
transferred  to  other  batteries  and  the  Thirteenth  was  dis- 
banded. Among  the  number  so  transferred  was  Charles  M. 
Adams  of  Jerome  Township,  who  was  transferred  to  the 
Tenth  Battery. 

I  saw  him  on  the  battlefield  the  next  day  after  the  battle, 
and  he  was  very  much  depressed.  As  tears  came  to  his  eyes 
he  informed  me  that  he  was  a  gunner  in  the  13th  Battery  and 
was  mourning  the  loss  of  the  gun  and  the  unfortunate  condi- 
tion of  his  command.  He  served  in  the  10th  Ohio  Battery 
until  January  Kith,  1S(53,  was  discharged  on  disability,  but 

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again  reenlistcd  in  Company  C,  114th  O.  \".  I.,  and  served  to 
the  end  of  the  war. 

The  l<>th  (  )hio  Battery  participated  in  the  siege  of  Corinth, 
Miss.,  in  April  and  May,  IM'J^,  and  after  the  evacuation  of 
Corinth  was  on  garrison  duty  at  Corinth  until  September,  and 
during  September  was  at  luka.  The  battery  participated  in 
the  battle  of  Corinth  October  4th,  and  did  yeoman  service  in 
repelling  the  attacks  of  the  rebel  infantry  by  firing  grape  and 
canister  at  short  range. 

In  November  the  battery  moved  to  Grand  Junction.  Dur- 
ing the  winter  of  ls<>:>  it  was  at  Milliken's  Bend  a  part  of  the 
time  ;  in  May  was  sent  to  Grand  Gulf,  and  from  this  point 
went  on  a  number  of  expeditions  and  had  considerable  skir- 
mishing with  cavalry  of  the  enemy.  In  June  the  battery  was 
on  duty  at  \  icksburg.  Big  Black,  and  Jackson. 

During  the  winter  the  battery  was  at  Yicksburg  and  vicin- 
ity and  was  remounted  and  equipped  at  Cairo  in  May,  1SG4. 
The  battery  was  then  ordered  to  join  General  Sherman's  army 
in  Georgia,  arrived  at  Ackworth  May  Kith,  and  was  continu- 
ously on  the  firing  line  during  the  Atlanta  campaign.  After 
the  fall  of  Atlanta  the  battery  was  ordered  to  Nashville  with 
General  Thomas'  armv.  remaining  at  Nashville  through  the 
winter  and  in  March  the  Tenth  and  Fourth  (  )hio  Batteries 
were  consolidated, 

In  April  it  was  ordered  to  East  Tennessee  and  was  on  duty 
at  London  until  ordered  to  Camp  Dennison,  Ohio,  and  mus- 
tered out  luly  11th.  iMi").  The  losses  by  death  were  eighteen. 

THE    SQUIRREL    HUNTERS,    OR    MINUTE    MEN. 

In  September.  l>ti'.J.  the  Confederate  Army  under  General 
Kirbv  Smith,  marching  up  through  the  State  of  Kentucky, 
threatened  to  invade  (  )lno. 

Governor  Tod  issued  a  proclamation  calling  upon  the  citi- 
zen- of  '  'liio  to  rally  to  the  defense  of  Cincinnati.  He  said: 
"Our  Southern  border  is  threatened  with  invasion.  I  there- 
fore recommend  that  all  loval  men  form  them>elves  into  mili- 


History  of  Jerome  Township  155 

tary  companies  to  beat  back  the  enemy  at  all  points  he  may 
attempt  to  invade  the  State." 

In  response  to  this  call  two  companies  went  from  Union 
County,  aggregating  about  one  hundred  men  in  all,  many  of 
them  old  and  gray-haired,  prominent  among  whom  was  the 
Rev.  B.  D.  Evans,  a  very  intelligent  old  Welshman  and  Pres- 
byterian minister  of  Jerome  Township.  They  went  with  their 
shotguns,  rifles,  powder  horns  and  shot  pouches.  "They  re- 
sponded gloriously  to  the  call  for  the  defense  of  Cincinnati, 
and  you  should  acknowledge  publicly  this  gallant  conduct," 
said  Governor  Tod  in  a  dispatch  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 
These  men  were  denominated  "Squirrel  Hunters"  and  were, 
by  act  of  the  Legislature,  given  honorable  discharges. 

Sixteen  men  of  Jerome  Township  responded  to  this  call 
and  went  to  Cincinnati.  Some  of  them  crossed  over  the  Ohio 
River  into  Kentucky  and  assisted  in  building  the  breastworks 
around  Covington.  While  their  service  was  not  arduous,  yet 
they  responded  to  the  call  cheerfully  and  patriotically,  and 
no  doubt  this  prompt  response  had  a  great  moral  effect  and 
was  a  revelation  to  the  rebels  that  the  North  had  a  great  re- 
serve army  ready  at  all  times  to  respond  to  the  call  "to  arms," 
as  did  the  "Minute  Men"  of  the  War  of  the  Revolution. 

About  14,000  assembled  at  Cincinnati  under  this  call  of 
Governor  Tod,  and  a  few  years  ago  the  Legislature  of  Ohio 
made  an  appropriation  to  pay  each  survivor  $13.00  in  full  for 
his  services,  this  being  the  regular  pay  per  month  of  volun- 
teers at  that  time.  They  were  all  given  discharges,  of  which 
the  following  is  a  copy : 

Our  Southern  Border  was  menaced  by  the  enemies  of  our 
Union.  David  Tod,  Governor  of  Ohio,  called  on  the  Minute 
Men  of  the  State  and  the  "Squirrel  Hunters"  came  b\  thou- 
sands to  the  rescue.  You  ( )  were  one  of  them 

and  this  is  your  HONORABLE  DISCHARGE. 

September,  1862.  CIIAS.  W.  HILL, 

DAVID  TOD,  Governor.  Adj.  Gen.  of  Ohio. 


l^ITI   REGIMEXT.  UXITER  STATES  IXFAXTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

The  l>th  Regiment,  United  States  Infantrv,  was  organized 
and  largely  recruited  at  Camp  Thomas,  near  Columbus,  (  >hio, 
in  the  summer  and  fall  of  !>'>!.  It  was  the  intention  to  or- 
ganize a  regiment  of  twenty-four  companies  in  three  battal- 
ions of  eight  companies  each,  but  the  third  battalion  was  not 
fully  recruited  and  the  regiment  was  organized  in  two  battal- 
ions of  ten  companies  each. 

Henry  B.  Carrington,  who  was  Adjutant  General  of  Ohio. 
was  appointed  the  first  Colonel,  but  never  served  with  the 
regiment  in  the  field,  although  he  remained  m  the  service  on 
detached  duty  and  was  promoted  to  Brigadier-'  ieneral. 
About  forty  men  were  recruited  in  Union  County  for  this 
regiment,  and  of  tin's  number  fifteen  died  on  the  held. 
Twelve  enlisted  from  Jerome  Township,  and  of  that  number 
six  died  in  the  army. 

In  the  winter  of  1M)'1-0:>  the  regiment  was  on  duty  in 
Kentucky  and  was  ordered  to  Xashville  in  the  earlv  spring 
of  iMi'-i.  From  Xashville  they  marched  with  General  Knell's 
army  to  1'ittsburg  Landing  in  (ieneral  George  11.  Thomas' 
Hivision.  but  did  not  arrive  in  time  to  participate  in  the  battle 
of  April  (ith  and  Uh. 

The  regiment  wa-  actively  engaged  in  that  terrible  cam- 
paign of  rain  and  mud  from  Liu-burg  Landing  to  Corinth 
during  the  months  of  April  and  May.  After  the  evacuation 
of  Corinth  they  moved  with  (ieneral  Buell's  army  east  toward 
Chattanooga,  and  on  to  Xa-hville  during  the  summer.  Up  to 
tins  date  the  regiment  had  not  been  engaged  in  anv  hard 
battle-,  but  had  some  sharp  skirmishes  during  the  .-iege  of 
(  o r 1 1 it h . 

A  brigade  of  Regular  Armv  regiment-  was  organized  at 
Xashville.  Tenn.,  in  December.  l>'i".',  composed  of  battalions 
from  t'ne  l~>th.  1'ith.  1  Mb  and  Lull  U.  S.  Infantry  and  the  ."ith 
U.  S.  Battery.  Lieutenant  Colonel  '  'liver  S.  Shepherd  of  the 
!>th  Infantry  was  a>signed  to  command  tlie  brigade.  The 
-  designated  a-  the  Fourth  Brigade.  First  Division, 


History  of  Jerome  Township  157 

14th  Army  Corps,  Army  of  the  Cumberland.  This  was  one 
of  the  best  organized  fighting  machines  in  the  "Grand  Old 
Army  of  the  Cumberland,''  and  a  brief  statistical  history  of 
its  campaigns,  terrific  fighting  and  great  losses  on  the  battle 
lines  is  all  that  can  be  given  in  the  limited  space  that  can  be 
taken  in  this  Township  History. 

On  the  31  st  of  December,  18(5.2,  the  18th  Regiment,  with 
the  brigade,  was  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Stone  River.  The 
regiment  was  under  fire  continuously  during  the  day  and  was 
ordered  to  different  weakened  lines  on  the  field  and  suffered 
its  heaviest  loss  in  the  cedars,  as  they  were  in  such  close  con- 
tact with  the  enemy  the  Union  lines  were  being  driven  back 
when  the  ISth  Regiment  arrived  as  support.  General  Rous- 
seau, commanding  the  Division,  says  in  his  report: 

"On  that  body  of  brave  men  the  shock  fell  heaviest,  and 
the  loss  was  most  severe.  Over  one-third  of  the  command 
fell  killed  or  wounded,  but  it  stood  up  to  the  work  and  bravely 
breasted  the  storm.  *  *  *  Without  them  we  could  not 
have  held  our  position  in  the  center."  The  18th  Regiment 
went  into  this  battle  with  571  men  and  the  loss  in  killed  and 
wounded  was  278. 

The  campaign  closing  with  a  victory  for  the  Union  arms, 
the  brigade,  having  buried  its  dead  on  the  battlefield,  where 
there  is  now  a  monument  erected  to  their  memory,  marched 
on  the  fifth  day  of  January,  18(5:5,  from  its  last  position  on 
the  field  to  Murfreesboro  and  encamped  between  the  Shelby- 
ville  and  Salem  Turnpikes,  near  the  town. 

The  regiment  moved  with  the  army  from  Murfreesboro 
on  the  Tullahoma  and  Chickamauga  campaign,  June  2  1th,  and 
took  a  prominent  part  in  all  of  that  campaign  up  to  the  battle 
of  Chickamauga.  Just  before  this  battle  the  brigade  was 
placed  under  command  of  General  John  H.  King.  The  regi- 
ment participated  in  the  battle  of  Chickamauga  on  both  the 
l!Hh  and  2<ith  of  September,  18(5:5.  The  fighting  was  terrific 
and  some  of  the  battalions  were  almost  annihilated. 

Here  the  battery  of  the  brigade  was  captured,  but  was 
soon  retaken  bv  a  charge  of  the  Ninth  Ohio  Infantrv.  The 


ir>S  Ilistorv  of  Jerome  T^taisJiip 

loss  in  the  regiment  in  the  t\vo  days'  fighting  was  2!)1.  In  the 
battle  of  Missionary  Ridge  the  regiment  captured  a  battery 
with  a  loss  of  twenty-nine.  During  the  fall  and  winter 
months  of  1M>!  the  regiment  was  in  camp  near  Chattanooga, 
but  was  sent  out  011  a  number  of  reconnoitering  expeditions. 
\Yhcii  the  Atlanta  campaign  commenced,  in  May,  1SG4,  the 
l>th  Regiment  had  been  recruited  up  to  (io<>  men  from  270 
after  the  battle  of  Chickamauga. 

(  hi  the  Atlanta  campaign  from  May  ,"ith  to  September  1st, 
iMil.  the  regiment  participated  in  almost  every  battle  for  KM.) 
days,  and  in  the  last  battle  of  the  campaign,  at  Jonesboro,  the 
loss  \\as  forty-eight.  The  total  loss  on  the  Atlanta  campaign 
was  two  hundred  and  twenty-six.  After  the  fall  of  Atlanta 
the  regiment  was  sent  back  to  Lookout  Mountain,  where  it 
remained  on  duty  until  August,  ISiio.  and  the  battalions  were 
sent  to  different  parts  of  the  country.  Colonel  Oliver  L. 
Shepherd  commanded  the  regiment  during  the  greater  part 
of  the  Civil  \Yar  with  most  distinguished  ability. 

The  battalions  were  under  command  of  line  officers  in 
manv  of  the  campaigns.  Major  Frederick  Townsend  was  in 
command  of  a  battalion  during  many  of  the  hard  battles  and 
until  he  was  promoted  successively  to  Colonel  and  Brigadier- 
(ieneral.  Manv  other  oflicers  whose  names  might  be  men- 
tioned commanded  battalions,  but  they  cannot  all  be  named. 
The  percentage  of  killed  and  wounded  among  the  officers  was 
very  heavy,  and  among  others  Lieutenant  James  Mitchell  of 
L'nion  County  died  near  Chattanooga.  Tenn.,  a  short  time 
lie  fore  the  battle  of  Chickamauga. 

The  regiment  served  continuously  in  the  Army  of  the 
(  umb(_rland  and  participated  in  every  great  battle  of  that 
army  and  in  .-core-  of  .-kirmishes.  The  best  evidence  of  their 

I   -ervice  i-  a  statement  of  the  losses: 

Total  losses  by  death .    1K> 

Killed    and    wounded (io(j 

Mi-sincf   in   action .    l:5o 


Historv  of  Jerome  Township  159 

The  reports  of  the  officers  of  the  command,  from  brigade 
to  company  commanders,  which  have  been  examined,  speak 
in  the  highest  terms  of  the  bravery  and  devotion  of  both  of- 
ficers and  men  in  the  many  hard  battles  in  which  the  regiment 
participated,  in  many  cases  mentioning  the  names  of  private 
soldiers  for  heroic  deeds  on  the  battlefield.  To  the  boys  who 
served  in  this  regiment  from  Jerome  Township  is  due  the 
gratitude  of  all  patriotic  citizens  for  their  devotion  to  the 
cause  of  the  Union. 

27TII    REGLMEXT,   U.    S.    COLORED    IXFAXTRY. 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

This  regiment  was  organized  at  Camp  Delaware,  Ohio, 
from  January  16th  to  August  6th,  1S64,  to  serve  three  years. 
Shortly  after  being  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Camp  Casey,  Washington, 
D.  C,  where  it  was  stationed  awhile,  doing  garrison  duly. 
Thence  the  regiment  went  to  City  Point  and  Petersburg,  Ya., 
it  being  at  the  latter  place  that  it  distinguished  itself  for  un- 
surpassed gallantry  and  good  conduct  upon  the  battlefield. 
The  bravery  of  this  regiment  was  also  displayed  at  Chapin's 
Farm  and  at  Weldon  Railroad. 

The  regiment  was  sent  down  into  Xorth  Carolina,  where 
it  was  engaged  a  part  of  the  time  in  doing  garrison  duty,  and 
the  other  part  of  the  time  in  taking  part  in  the  operations, 
including  the  skirmishes  in  and  around  Fort  Fisher,  Wilming- 
ton,  Goldsboro  and  Raleigh.  It  did  heroic  service,  won  the 
confidence  and  approval  of  its  superior  officers,  and  after  as 
honorable  service  as  any  of  the  regiments,  it  was  mustered  out 
of  the  U.  S.  service  September  '21st,  1S6.">,  at  Smithville.  X.  C. 
The  Roll  of  Honor  of  this  regiment  will  show  eighteen  killed 
in  action  and  one  hundred  and  forty-nine  died  in  hospital  of 
disease  or  wounds  received  in  battle. 

Joseph  Butcher  of  Jerome  Township  served  in  this  regi- 
ment with  nine  other  soldiers  who  enlisted  in  Union  County. 

Wherever  colored  troops  were  engaged  in  battle  during 
the  Civil  War  they  acquitted  themselves  in  a  manner  which. 


1G<>  Histo)'\  of  Jerome  Townslrip 

fully  justified  the  (lovernment  in  enlisting  their  services.  The 
first  colored  regiment  organized  during  the  war  \vas  recruited 
in  Xe\v  Orleans,  was  mustered  into  the  service  September 
'•31  tli.  ls(i'^.  and  was  known  as  the  First  Louisiana  Native 
(iuard.  The  first  colored  regiment  organized  in  Northern 
States  was  the  .~>lth  Massachusetts,  recruited  in  the  spring 
of  1st;:). 

The  total  number  of  colored  troops  enlisted  during  the 
Civil  War  was  lls.!)Tf>,  and  the  losses  by  death  were  I5H.S-1T. 

41  TH   REGIMENT,  U.   S.  C.  T. 

The  -ilth  Regiment.  United  States  Colored  Troops,  served 
in  the  Southwest  and  participated  in  the  battles  of  Milliken's 
Bend,  the  campaign  against  Mobile.  Alabama,  the  siege  and 
storming  of  Fort  Rlakely.  and  other  minor  engagements. 
The  total  losses  in  the  regiment  by  death  were  four  hundred 
and  thirty-two. 

Dunallen  M.  \Yoodburn  of  Jerome  Township  served  in 
this  regiment  from  the  summer  of  1M>4  until  January  oth, 
iMiii.  as  I  )rum  Major.  lie  first  enlisted  in  the  .">.Mh  Regi- 
ment. (  ).  \  .  I..  lantiary  Tilth,  1M><!,  and  was  transferred  to 
the  -11th  Regiment,  U.  S.  ('.  T..  having  a  total  service  of  three 
year>  and  eleven  months. 

UNITED  STATES   NAVY. 
>  .   Cnrr\,  I\i\mastcr. 


I\niicl  R.   Cone. 

So  far  as  can  be  ascertained  by  careful  inquirv.  the  above 
named  are  the  only  two  young  men  who  enlisted  from  Jerome 
Township  in  the  U.  S.  Navv  during  the  Civil  War.  They 
served  under  Admiral  Farragut  in  the  Mississippi  Squadron 
on  the  same  gunboats,  and  participated  in  some  of  the  hardest 
naval  battle--  on  the  Cumberland.  Tennes-ee.  and  Mississippi 
River>.  They  were  first  assigned  to  the  gunboat  "St.  Louis," 
and  during  their  service  the  name  was  changed  to  the  "J/iaron 
de  K.ilb,"  which  was  sunk  on  the  \azoo  I\iver  bv  a  tor]>edo. 

They  participated  in  the  battle  of  Fort   Henry  on  the  Ten- 


History  of  Jerome  Township  161 

nessee  River;  Fort  Donelson  on  the  Cumberland  River; 
Island  No.  10,  Columbus,  Ky ;  Fort  Wright ;  the  destruction 
of  the  rebel  fleet  off  Memphis,  and  an  expedition  up  White 
River,  Ark.  They  were  afterward  on  duty  at  Memphis. 

The  Baron  de  Kalb  was  in  continuous  service  patroling 
the  river  and  shelling  forts  until  she  was  sunk.  Admiral 
Farragut  was  one  of  the  most  distinguished  naval  officers  of 
the  war,  and  these  boys  were  very  fortunate  in  having  had 
the  opportunity  to  serve  under  him  and  participate  in  these 
decisive  naval  battles. 

Fort  Donelson  surrendered  February  16,  1862,  and  my 
regiment  passed  up  the  Cumberland  River  on  boats  about  the 
1st  of  March  and  saw  the  wreck  and  havoc  of  the  fort,  and 
timber  along  the  river  banks  mowed  down  by  the  shells  from 
the  gunboats,  which  gave  us  the  after-glimpse  of  that  terrible 
battle. 

Daniel  R.  Cone  wrote  a  letter  to  his  family  at  home,  in 
which  he  gave  a  most  thrilling  description  of  the  battle  of 
Fort  Danelson,  equal  to  that  given  of  the  storming  of  the 
castle  in  "Ivanhoe."  A  part  of  this  letter  was  written  during 
the  engagement,  giving  the  time  and  the  location  on  the  gun- 
boat where  the  balls  from  the  guns  in  the  fort  were  striking 
the  vessel  with  such  terrific  force  that  it  was  expected  the 
hulls  of  the  boats  would  be  pierced  and  the  boats  sunk  at  any 
moment. 

They  enlisted  January  14th,  1862,  and  were  discharged 
September  30th,  1862,  and  during  that  period  were  in  a  suf- 
ficient number  of  engagements  to  have  satisfied  even  Paul 
Jones. 

S  PA  X I S  H- A  M  FRI C  A  N  W  A  R. 

In  the  Spanish- American  War,  18!)8,  soldiers  of  Jerome 
Township  served  in  three  different  regiments.  Three  served 
in  the  Fourth  Regiment,  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  were 
engaged  in  a  battle  with  the  Spaniards  at  Guayuma,  Porto 
Rico,  August  5,  18!)S.  Three  served  in  the  First  Ohio  Cavalry, 
but  did  not  leave  the  United  States.  Three  served  in  the 


111'?  Ilistorv  of  Jerome  To^oiisliip 

Seventeenth  Regiment.  United  States  Infantry,  and  partici- 
pated in  the  battle  of  LI  Caney.  Cuba.  July  1.  1>'.»S.  The  his- 
torv of  the  services  of  each  of  the  above  named  regiments  ap- 
pears in  this  volume. 

S I  >A  N 1 S I  I-AME  R I  CAN  WAR—  1 89,s. 
ITU  REGIMENT,  OHIO  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 

After  the  sinking  of  the  battleship  "Maine"  at  Havana. 
Cuba,  and  declaration  of  war  with  Spain,  the  <  >hio  National 
(itiard  responded  to  the  first  call  for  troops  and  were  the 
nucleus  to  which  the  volunteers  rallied,  and  with  their  well- 
drilled  and  disciplined  officer-,  within  thirtv  days  a  great 
army  was  organized  and  reads'  to  take  the  field. 

The  United  States  was  at  peace  with  the  world  and  had 
a  standing  army  of  2.~i, <)()()  men.  In  three  months  after  war 
was  declared  an  army  of  a  quarter  of  a  million  men  was  or- 
ganized, equipped,  and  a  campaign  was  conducted  on  both  land 
and  water,  separated  bv  thousands  of  miles,  and  the  enemy  was 
defeated  without  a  single  reverse — all  in  a  period  of  but  one 
hundred  days.  As  a  writer  has  stated.  "It  was  an  achievement 
unparalleled  in  the  historv  of  warfare,  which  will  be  referred 
to  '•••.  militarv  critics  of  the  future  as  the  militarv  marvel  of 
the  age." 

Main  members  of  the  National  (itiard  Volunteers  were 
-on-  of  veterans  of  both  the  bine  and  the  grav  ;  thev  were  of 
the  same  blood  and  had  the  \  im  and  pluck  of  their  fathers 
i  fought  the  battles  of  the  war  which  cost  nearlv  1. non.niio 
•  .  Thc-i  -oldier-  marched  -houlder  to  shoulder  and  touched 

:   '  lattle,  under  the  same  flag. 

The    Fourteenth      Regiment.    <  Mno    National    Guard,    with 
duuarUTs  at   Columbus.  '  >hio,  was  the  lir-t  regiment  to  go 


ay.   IV*.  the  regiment   was  mti>tered  into  the   United 

\  ii  '  .  and  the  designation  wa-  changed  to  the  Fourth 

.   '  >hio    \Hlunteer    Infantrv.      The   field   olticers   \\ere 

!.    ('oil.    Lieutenant    (,'olonel    I'.arton    Adam-. 


History  of  Jerome  Tcncnship  1G3 

and  Majors  of  the  three  battalions  were  John  C.  Speaks,  John 
L.  Sellers  and  Charles  V.  Baker. 

The  Fourteenth  Regiment  was  organized  during  the  sum- 
mer of  18??,  had  been  in  the  state  service  continuously,  and 
had  been  called  into  active  service  in  the  state  during  strikes 
and  riots,  fifteen  times.  Company  D  was  mustered  into  the 
state  service  at  Marysville  July  ISth.  18??,  and  the  writer  was 
the  first  Captain  of  the  Company.  There  had  been  many 
changes  in  the  company  officers  as  well  as  in  the  rank  and 
file.  During  the  more  than  twenty  years'  service,  several  hun- 
dred men  had  been  in  the  ranks  and  the  esprit  du  corps  was 
always  of  a  high  standard. 

Company  D  of  Union  County  was  mustered  into  the  United 
States  service  for  the  Spanish  War  under  Captain  Charles  F. 
Sellers,  one  hundred  and  five  strong.  Captain  Sellers  was  a 
charter  member  of  the  company,  as  was  Major  John  L.  Sellers, 
when  the  company  was  organized  in  18??.  Three  Jerome 
Township  soldiers  served  in  this  company  during  the  Spanish 
War.  They  have  the  proud  distinction  of  serving  in  the  only 
Ohio  regiment  which  was  under  fire  during  the  war,  and  this 
baptism  of  fire  was  at  Guayama,  Porto  Rico.  August  5,  18!)8. 

May  loth  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Camp  George  II. 
Thomas,  Chickamauga  Park,  Ga.,  and  on  arrival  was  assigned 
to  the  Second  Brigade,  Second  Division,  First  Army  Corps. 
The  regiment  was  in  camp  at  Chickamauga  Park,  drilling  and 
equipping,  until  orders  were  received  to  proceed  to  Newport 
Xews  by  rail,  July  '22nd. 

Arriving  at  Newport  Xews  the  regiment  boarded  the 
steamer  St.  Paul,  commanded  by  Captain  Sigsbee,  and  on 
August  1st  arrived  off  Guanico,  Porto  Ivico.  General  Miles 
boarded  the  St.  Paul  at  this  point  and  ordered  the  regiment 
armed  with  the  Krag-Jorgensen  ritles.  of  which  a  supply  was 
aboard  the  ship.  The  regiment:  arrived  at  Arroyo  August  2nd, 
and  was  immediately  landed.  Under  orders  from  General 
llaines  the  regiment  made  a  demonstration  toward  ( iuayama 
with  a  section  of  artillery  and  the  Third  Illinois  in  support. 

With  Major  Speaks  conducting  the  advance,  the  regiment 


161  History  of  Jerome  Toz^nsliip 

moved  forward.  The  advance  soon  struck  the  enemy,  the 
skirmishers  were  hotlv  engaged  and  the  enemy  fell  back.  The 
flankers  advanced  cautiously  and  balls  from  the  Mausers  whis- 
tled thick  and  fast,  but  too  high  to  do  much  damage,  as  the 
Spaniards  were  tiring  from  an  elevation,  and  were  overshoot- 
ing. 

The  regiment,  after  the  first  skirmish,  moved  forward  rap- 
idly and  the  firing  was  general  all  along  the  line.  The  city  was 
soon  reached  by  the  advance,  and  finding  that  the  enemy  had 
retreated,  the  American  flag  was  hoisted  over  the  city  build- 
ings. The  Spaniards  kept  up  a  desultory  fire  as  they  fell  back 
until  the  dynamite  guns  of  the  Fourth  Regiment  were  brought 
into  action,  which  soon  silenced  their  Mausers. 

Reconnoitering  parties  were  sent  out  frequently  for  some 
days.  A  number  of  skirmishes  were  had  with  the  enemy. 
and  the  dynamite  guns  were  brought  into  action  a  number  of 
times.  In  one  of  these  skirmishes  six  men  were  wounded, 
including  \\  illiam  \\alcutt  of  Company  D.  wounded  in  the 
foot. 

In  their  baptism  of  tire  at  (.itiayama.  the  officers  and  men 
acquitted  themselves  like  veterans  of  long  service  and  were 
highlv  complimented  by  the  commanding  officer. 

After  the  signing  of  the  peace  protocol,  August  IMth.  the 
regimental  headquarters  were  retained  at  ( itiayama  until  the 
~>th  dav  of  '  'ctober.  A  number  of  the  companies  were  sent 
(Hit  to  various  parts  of  the  island  on  detached  dutv.  while 


panv  1)  was  sent  to  Humocoa  under  Captain  Sellers  and  he 
proved  himself  a  diplomat  in  the  reorganization  of  civil  affair-, 
as  he  was  the  governor  in  fact  during  the  time  lie  occupied 
the  town  with  hi-  command. 

There  was  a  great  deal  of  sickness  in  all  of  the  commands, 
the  prevailing  diseases  being  ,-ome  form  of  tropical  fever,  and 
the  surgeons  and  hospital  corps  were  kept  busy. 

The  regiment  sailed  from  San  Juan  on  the  L'.  S.  steam-hip 
Che-ter.  '  )ctober  <?'.ith.  arriving  at  Jersey  City  November  3rd. 
By  telegraphic  order-  from  President  McKinley  the  regiment 


History  of  Jerome  Township  165 

was  ordered  to  Washington,  where  it  was  reviewed  by  the 
President  and  arrived  in  Columbus  November  (5th.  Sixty 
days'  furlough  was  given  and  the  regiment  again  assembled 
at  Columbus  and  was  discharged  January  20th,  1899. 

The  citizens  of  Union  County  were  particularly  interested 
in  the  service  of  Company  I)  of  the  Fourth  Regiment,  as  there 
was  scarcely  a  family  in  Marysville  or  vicinity  that  did  not 
have  some  member  of  the  family  in  the  company  during  the 
many  years'  service  in  the  National  Guard.  Two  Lieutenant 
Colonels  of  the  regiment,  \Y.  L.  Curry  and  Win.  M.  Liggett, 
were  from  Jerome  Township.  Colonel  Liggett  had  been  seri- 
ously wounded  in  the  Cincinnati  riots  in  18S-1-.  Therefore, 
not  only  the  families  of  the  members  of  the  Company  in  the 
service  during  the  war  were  solicituous  to  hear  from  the  front 
as  the  war  progressed,  but  all  patriotic  citizens  were  interested. 

While  the  company  was  not  permitted  to  participate  in 
any  severe  battles,  yet  it  had  many  hard  marches  in  that  trop- 
ical climate,  and  I  confess  that  I  was  very  much  delighted 
when  the  news  was  received  that  the  regiment  had  been  "under 
fire"  and  heard  the  whistling  of  the  Mauser  balls  from  the 
guns  of  the  Spaniards. 

Had  the  war  continued  and  the  opportunity  been  given  for 
further  service  and  severe  fighting,  the  Fourth  Regiment  would 
not  have  been  "found  wanting,"  no  matter  what  the  service 
may  have  been.  The  members  of  the  regiment  and  their 
friends  can  always  point  with  pride  to  their  good  work,  both 
in  the  National  Guard  and  the  Spanish-American  War. 

THE   FIRST   OHIO   CAVALRY  — SPANISH- 
AMERICAN   WAR. 

Fight  companies  of  cavalry  were  recruited  and  organized 
in  ( )hio  for  the  Spanish-American  War.  The  two  battalions 
of  four  companies  each  were  mustered  into  the  service  at 
Cam])  Bushnell,  near  Columbus,  Ohio,  May  9th.  1S9<S.  On 
the  .14th  day  of  May  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Camp 
Thomas,  Chickamauga  Park,  Ga.  By  the  1st  of  June  the  com- 
panies were  fully  recruited,  equipped  and  mounted.  The  com- 


1GG  Ilistc'rv  <>/  Jerome  Township 

mand  was  to  be  armed  with  Krag-Jorgensen  carbines  and  their 
mounts  and  equipments  were  of  the  best  that  could  be  fur- 
nished bv  the  government.  They  were  assigned  to  the  Second 
Brigade.  Cavalry  Division.  ( ieneral  Joseph  Wheeler  com- 
manding. 

The  regiment  proceeded  to  Lakeland,  Florida,  by  rail,  leav- 
ing Camp  Thomas  July  loth,  and  was  entrained  at  Ringold. 
Ga.  15 e fore  transportation  could  be  secured  for  either  Cuba 
or  Porto  Rico,  the  peace  protocol  was  signed  and  the  services 
of  the  regiment  were  not  required.  They  went  into  camp  at 
Lakeland  and  were  employed  in  camp  duty  and  drill  until  Au- 
gust ^<>th.  when  they  were  ordered  to  1  iuntsville,  Alabama. 

The  regiment  was  encamped  at  I  Iuntsville  until  September 
loth  :  then  proceeded  to  Columbus,  Ohio,  for  muster  out.  The 
troops  were  given  thirtv  days'  furlough.  Troops  A.  H,  and  C 
were  mustered  out  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  October  v^nd.  Troop 
11  was  mustered  out  at  Cincinnati,  and  the  other  four  troops 
were  mustered  out  at  Columbus.  <  )hio.  on  expiration  of  their 
furloughs. 

The  regiment  was  composed  of  good  material,  was  well 
officered,  and  had  become  quite  efficient  in  drill  for  the  short 
period  of  their  service.  It  was  unfortunate  that  they  were 
not  fully  armed  when  (  jeneral  Wheeler's  command  embarked 
for  (..  uba.  as  the\  would  have  had  opportunity  for  active  serv- 
ice tinder  a  cavalrv  leader  who  had  seen  long  and  hard  service 
during  the  Ci\  il  War. 

Troop  (j  of  this  regiment  was  largely  recruited  in  L'nion 
County,  and  three  members  of  the  troop  were  lerome  Town- 
ship soldiers.  It  was  no  fault  of  otlicei's  or  men  of  the  com- 
mand that  they  did  not  have  opportunity  for  active  service, 
as  every  effort  wa-*  made  to  secure  arms  and  full  equipment 
before  the  oavalrv  command  embarked  for  Cuba,  but  the  fates 
were  against  them.  much,  to  their  disappointment. 

THL  irm  RFCIMFXT.  CXITKD  STATICS  IXFAXTRY. 

SPAXISll-AMLRICAX   WAR.    !>!'*. 

\\  hen  war  was  declared  agam-t  Spam,  the  Seventeenth 
Regiment  was  -tationed  at  the  C.  S.  Barrack-.  Columbus. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  167 

Ohio,  where  they  had  been  on  duty  for  several  years.  They 
were  a  splendid  body  of  men  and  many  of  the  officers  had 
seen  long  service,  a  number  of  them  having  served  in  the  Civil 
\Yar.  Among  the  names  recalled  are  Major  Sharp,  Captain 
O'Brien,  Captain  Roberts  and  Captain  Rogers.  Colonel  Po- 
land and  Lieutenant  Colonel  Haskell  had  long  service,  and  it 
may  well  be  doubted  if  there  was  a  better  officered  or  better 
equipped  regiment  in  the  service  of  the  25,000  men  composing 
the  United  States  Army  at  that  time. 

Having  been  personally  acquainted  with  many  of  these 
officers,  some  of  whom  were  members  of  the  military  order  of 
the  Loyal  Legion  and  others  of  the  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  now  that  the  majority  have  been  mus- 
tered out  by  the  Great  Commander,  the  cherished  memories  of 
those  pleasant  meetings  come  trooping  thick  and  fast.  Not 
only  were  the}'  brave  soldiers,  but  gentlemen  of  intelligence 
and  high  character. 

Under  orders  the  regiment  left  the  Columbus  (Ohio)  Bar- 
racks in  April,  1898,  under  command  of  Colonel  Poland,  for 
Tampa.  Florida,  and  was  encamped  at  Tampa,  employed  in 
usual  garrison  duty,  drilling  and  equipping  for  an  active  cam- 
paign in  the  field.  Colonel  Poland  died  of  disease  at  Tampa 
and  Lieutenant  Colonel  Joseph  T.  Haskell  succeeded  to  the 
command  of  the  regiment.  June  2nd,  under  orders,  the  regi- 
ment embarked  on  transports  and  landed  at  Bagarie,  Cuba. 
General  Shafter,  commanding  the  United  States  Army,  num- 
bering 15,000  men,  was  preparing  for  an  aggressive  campaign 
against  the  Spaniards,  who  were  strongly  fortified  at  El  Caney. 

The  regiment  had  their  first  skirmish  with  the  Spanish 
army  in  the  advance  on  El  Caney,  June  .'50th.  The  battle  of 
El  Caney  was  fought  July  1st,  18!)8,  in  which  the  regiment 
participated,  together  with  the  United  States  Army  of  15,0(10 
soldiers  under  General  Shafter,  and  was  particularly  distin- 
guished for  the  bravery  of  the  officers  and  men.  The  losses 
in  the  regiment  is  the  best  evidence  of  the  prominence  of  the 
regiment  in  that  battle,  there  being  forty-four  killed  and 
wounded  and  seven  missing. 


1(58  Ilisft>r\'  (if  Jcrtiinc  Ti>iciisliif> 

Of  this  number  Lieutenant  Miche  and  Lieutenant  Dicken- 
son  \vere  killed,  and  Lieutenant  Colonel  llaskell.  commanding 
the  regiment,  was  mortally  wounded.  The  total  losses  in 
(ieneral  Shatter's  army  were  twenty-two  officers  and  two  hun- 
dred and  eight  men  killed  :  eighty-one  officers  and  twelve  hun- 
dred and  three  men  wounded ;  and  twenty-seven  missing,  a 
total  of  fifteen  hundred  and  forty-one. 

Sergeant  (ieorge  Kelley.  who  was  seriously  wounded  in  the 
battle,  made  a  miraculous  recovery.  A  Mauser  hall  passed 
entirely  through  his  body,  and  lie  gives  a  most  graphic  de- 
scription of  that  battle,  lie  is  now  in  business  near  the  U.  S. 
Marracks,  Columbus.  (  >hio,  and  his  place  of  business  is  a  fa- 
vorite stopping  place  for  his  old  comrades  and  all  soldiers. 

The  regiment  returned  to  the  L'.  S.  Ilarracks  at  Columbus 
in  the  fall  of  lS!)s.  and  had  a  parade  through  the  streets. 
Colonel  ilaskell,  although  suffering  from  his  wound  and  very 
weak,  rode  at  the  head  of  his  regiment  in  a  carriage,  looking 
every  inch  the  brave  soldier  that  he  was.  The  same  evening 
he  died  from  the  result  of  his  wounds  and  was  mourned  by 
the  officers  and  men  of  his  regiment  as  the  "brave  mourn  for 
the  brave." 

After  recruiting,  one  battalion  of  the  regiment  was  or- 
dered to  the  Philippine  Islands  for  duty  in  Februarv.  l^!''.'.  and 
wa-  soon  followed  by  the  other  battalions.  The  regiment  saw 
a  great  deal  oi  hard  service  in  the  insurrection  and  the  losses 
by  death  were  ijiute  heavy. 

The  regiment  is  now  stationed  at  Fort  <  >glethorp.  Chicka-- 
manga  Park,  Ceorgia,  under  command  of  Colonel  Van  Orton. 

'1  hree  Jerome  Township  soldiers  served  in  the  llth  l\egi- 
mcnt  during  the  Spanish-American  \\"ar.  as  shown  bv  the 
ro-ter. 

l',l<  uiK. \IMI1C.\L    SKLTCH     OF    COLOXHL    (iRORC.F 
KUKHLKX.  CXITLI)  STATICS  ARMY. 

Morn  in  \\urtembcrg.  (iermanv.  September  '.Mst,  ls!L 
(  ame  to  the  I'nited  States  in  the  early  winter  of  1>-V.  and 
settled  in  Jerome  Town-hip.  Union  County.  Ohio.  Attended 
the  common  >chool>  of  Jerome  Town-hip,  and  from  Sept  cm- 


JOHN     IS.     I{(H«I\-0\ 

::^n<i   o.   v.   i. 


S  A  M  I    i  :i       It.     !<()  ill  \ 
HIMi    (».     V.     I. 


in:i  Moiii:  KOIIINSON 

(Mil  li     O.     \  .     I. 


si:i«;i:\vr  ciii->'ri-:it   i..  KOUIVSON 

l^'Mh    O.     \        I. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  169 

her,  18G3,  to  June,  18GG,  the  Central  High  School  of  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  June,  1866. 

He  then  entered  the  law  office  of  Mr.  James  W.  Robinson 
in  Marysville,  Ohio,  as  a  student,  in  the  summer  of  1867".  En- 
tered the  United  States  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  Xew 
York,  under  an  appointment  received  through  Hon.  John 
Beatty,  M.  C.,  in  June,  1868,  and  was  graduated  at  that  insti- 
tution number  16  in  a  class  of  56  members,  June,  14th,  1872. 

He  was  appointed  Second  Lieutenant  in  the  17th  U.  S. 
Infantry  and  joined  his  company,  which  was  then  stationed 
at  the  Cheyenne  River  Indian  Agency,  on  the  Missouri  River 
in  South  Dakota.  Served  at  that  post  on  the  Indian  frontier 
among  the  Sioux  and  Minnecoujoix  Indians  until  the  spring 
of  187 7,  when  he  was  detached  from  his  command  and  sent 
with  an  expedition  to  the  junction  of  the  Big  Horn  and  Little 
Big  Horn  Rivers  in  Montana,  where  he  served  as  quartermas- 
ter in  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  military  post,  Fort 
Custer,  remaining  on  that  duty  until  June,  1878,  when  he  was 
transferred  to  the  Black  Hill  country  in  South  Dakota  and 
as  quartermaster  had  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  military 
post,  Fort  Meade,  near  Deadwood,  South  Dakota,  until  the 
spring  of  1879,  when  he  again  joined  his  company  at  Fort 
Sisseton,  Minnesota,  and  remained  with  it  until  June,  1881, 
when  he  was  appointed  Professor  of  Military  Science  and 
Tactics  at  the  Ohio  State  University  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  at 
which  place  he  served  until  July,  1881. 

Returned  to  duty  with  his  company,  then  stationed  at  Fort 
Totten,  North  Dakota,  in  September,  188-1,  and  went  with  the 
company  to  Fort  I).  A.  Russell,  near  Cheyenne,  Wyoming. 
.Appointed  Adjutant  of  the  17th  Infantry  in  September,  188!), 
and  transferred  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department  as  Captain 
and  Assistant  Quartermaster,  in  August,  18!M).  As  Quarter- 
master he  took  part  in  the  Pine  Ridge  Indian  uprising  and 
campaign  from  December,  18!)(),  to  Februarv,  !s!>l.  Was 
transferred  in  the  spring  of  1S!)1  to  Fl  Paso,  Texas,  to  take 
charge  of  construction  of  the  new  post,  Fori  [>hss.  Trans- 
ferred to  Detroit,  Mich.,  for  construction  work  at  Fort  Wavr.e, 

!2 


iro 

thence  to  Fort  Riley,  Kansas,  and  from  there,  in  the  winter 
of  .l>'.)7-i)«s.  to  Southeastern  Alaska,  as  Quartermaster  of  the 
Alaska  Relief  Expedition. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish  war,  in  the  spring  of  181)8, 
Captain  Ruehlen  was  at  Dyea,  Alaska,  and  in  May,  181)8,  was 
sent  to  San  Francisco,  Cal..  where  he  was  assigned  to  duty  in 
connection  with  the  preparation  of  transports  carrying  troops 
and  supplies  to  the  Philippine  Islands.  \Vus  transferred  to 
Honolulu.  Hawaii,  in  August,  iSlts,  as  Depot  Quartermaster 
and  in  charge  of  the  transport  service  there,  where  he  re- 
mained until  September,  HMMI.  when  he  was  sent  to  Seattle, 
Washington,  for  duty  as  Depot  Quartermaster  there. 

(  Mi  duty  in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster  General  in 
Washington,  D.  C.,  in  charge  of  the  Department  of  Construc- 
tion and  Repair,  from  March,  lix.iv?,  to  May,  IDos.  Depot 
Quartermaster  at  Jeffersonville,  Ind.,  May,  I'.His.  to  May,  IDiii). 
In  the  Quartermaster  General's  oltice.  Washington,  D.  C..  from 
Mav.  I'.MI!),  to  June,  I'.H  1. 

Retired  from  active  service,  having  reached  the  limit  of 
age  established  by  law,  in  September.  11)11. 

His  successive  promotions  in  the  Regular  Army  were: 
Second  Lieutenant.  Gth  lui'antrv.  lime  1  ith.  !>*'.  :  First  Lieu- 
tenant. Gth  Infaiitry,  September.  1S*(>;  Captain-Assistant 


'  >n  the  Ith  day  of  Inly.  1M.">.  Texas  became  a  State  of  the 
I'nion.  The  Mexican  Minister  at  Washington  had.  previous 
to  tin's  time,  ceased  diplomatic  relations  wiih  the  l.'nited  State's, 
and  soon  after  General  Xachary  Tavlor  \vas  ordered  to  enter 
'I'exas  with  his  arms  to  protect  the  border,  and  hv  reason  of 
the  annexation  of  'I  exas  it  became  evident  that  war  wa>  m- 
e\  itable. 

\\hen  the  call  was  made  for  volunteers  in  !>H>  and  Ls  1 1 
10  in\ade  Mexico  and  settle  the  question  of  the  annexation  of 


Historv  of  Jerome  Tozvnship  17 1 

Texas,  the  young  men  of  Ohio  responded  gallantly  to  the  call. 
The  State  furnished  four  full  regiments  of  infantry,  several 
companies  of  cavalry,  and  quite  a  large  number  for  the  artil- 
lery service — in  all.  upward  of  sixty  companies,  and  no\v  but 
one  muster  roll  can  be  found  on  file  in  the  Adjutant  General's 
office  at  Columbus. 

Thirty-four  Union  County  soldiers  served  in  the  Mexican 
\\~ar,  t\vo  of  whom  were  from  Jerome  Township — \\  illiam 
Clevinger  and  Alexander  Oliver — who  served  in  Company  E, 
Fourth  Regiment,  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry.  Captain  James 
Cutler,  who  enlisted  in  Jerome  Township  during  the  War  of 
the  Rebellion,  served  in  the  Second  Regiment.  United  States 
Infantry,  in  the  Mexican  War,  and  the  service  of  William 
Lamme,  buried  at  Xew  California,  is  not  known. 

The  regiment  in  which  Captain  Cutler  served  participated 
in  many  of  the  hard  battles  and  was  a  part  of  the  army  which 
first  entered  Mexico  City. 

As  the  majority  of  the  Union  County  soldiers  served  in  the 
Fourth  Ohio  Regiment,  an  extract  from  a  history  of  their 
services  is  copied,  as  follows  : 

"(  )n  May  2!)th.  1847,  a  company  recruited  at  Columbus 
moved  to  Cincinnati,  which  was  the  place  appointed  for  the 
regimental  rendezvous,  and  was  assigned  as  Company  E  of 
the  Fourth  Ohio  Regiment,  commanded  by  Colonel  C.  II. 
Brough,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Warner,  Major  Young,  and  Ad- 
jutant Kessler. 

"'  )n  the  1st  of  July  boats  were  readv  in  the  river  opposite 
the  cam])  and  the  regiment  took  passage  for  Xe\v  Orleans. 
Company  E,  under  the  command  of  Captain  M.  C'.  Lillev,  was 
placed  on  the  steamer  Alhambra. 

"Xew  (  Means  was  reached  on  the  7th.  and  after  remaining 
at  this  place  until  the  llth.  the  troops  went  on  board  the 
steamer  Telegraph,  arriving  in  sight  of  Brazos,  Santiago,  on 
the  morning  of  the  Kith.  On  the  18th  Matamoras  was  reached 
and  the  regiment  w-ent  into  camp  certain  of  being  in  the 
enemv's  countrv.  The  camp  was  situated  nearly  opposite  Fort 
Brown,  on  the  Texas  side,  and  adjacent  to  it  was  a  tine  parade 


17 '2  History  <>/  Jerome   Tt' 

ground,  of  which  good  use  \vas  made  every  day.  In  the  latter 
part  of  August  orders  were  received  to  proceed  to  Yera  Cruz 
and  march  to  ( ieiieral  Scott's  line  of  operations.  Accordingly 
on  tlie  !th  of  September  the  regiment  took  steamboats  and  de- 
scended the  Rio  Crande  to  the  mouth.  Here  it  remained  until 
the  1  1th.  when  shipping  being  ready  at  Brazos,  it  marched  over 
to  that  place,  embarked  on  the  sailing  ship  Tahmroo  on  the 
r.'th.  and  on  the  evening  of  the  l-V,h  hove  in  sight  of  the  sand 
hills  near  \  era  Cruz.  The  following  morning  the  Tahmroo 
ran  in  to  the  bay  and  cast  anchor  near  the  great  castle  of  San 
Juan  de  Cllua. 

Having  landed  the  torops.  thev  marched  to  a  place  about 
four  mile-  north  ot  the  city  and  encamped  on  the  beach.  (  >n 
the  I'.'th  a  brigade  was  formed  of  the  following  troops: 
Fourth  (  >hio  Regiment,  Fourth  Indiana  Regiment.  Captain 
Simmon>'  Battalion  of  Detached  Regular.-,  and  the  Louisiana 
Dragoons,  all  under  the  command  of  ( ieneral  Joseph  Lane  of 
[ndiana.  Tents  were  struck  and  the  long  march  commenced. 

"About  noon  on  the  following  day.  as  the  troops  entered  a 
kind  ot  woodland,  the  advance  guard  fell  in  with  a  party  of 
guerillas,  gave  them  chase,  and  killed  and  captured  several. 
In  thi.>  chase  Lieutenant  Coleman  of  Columbus  died  from  the 
etlects  ot  heat  and  tatigue.  <  >n  the  ''  1  st  the  troops  again 
moved  lonvard.  but  alter  marching  several  miles,  -topped  at 


to  ;  '',:  n  del   Rio.  and  on  the  morning  of  the  '•!'  th  moved 
forward,  ascending  the  hills  between  the  river  and  the  heights 
ot    i  eiTo   ( iordo.      Tins   place,    though   picturesque   in   appear- 
ai    '•-.   is   remarkable  onlv   from  the  lact  that   here  Santa   Anna 
i-  army  met  with  a  signal  defeat. 

e    1st   oi    '  'clober  tlie  brigade   -tarled   on   the  march 

•   :  th.e  lull-  ot    Montezumas  ;  on  the  "th  arrived  at  a  place 

•  i    "  ' '  •     Vguas  Calient*.  -.  or  I  lot  Spring-,  and  on  the  >th  pro- 

,•  :ty   \vith   the  under.-tanding  thai    Santa    Anna 

intei    epl  them  al    i  'a>s 

<  '   .  ':•    , '.      Farl  •  morning  of  the  I'th  <  jrneral   Lane  drew 

:    :''   •'       iron],-  excejit   th.e   Fourth   '  Miio.   t'aj'tain   Simmon-' 


History  of  Jerome  Townsliip  173 

battalion,  and  two  pieces  of  artillery,  which  were  left  behind 
to  guard  the  train,  and  proceeded  toward  Huamantla;  when 
within  two  or  three  miles  of  the  place  he  ordered  Captain 
\Yalker,  with  his  mounted  force,  to  gallop  on,  and  if  the  Mexi- 
cans were  in  considerable  force,  not  to  attack  them  but  to  wait 
for  the  arrival  of  the  infantry  and  artillery. 

"On  arriving  near  the  town,  the  Captain  found  that  the 
main  body  of  the  enemy  had  started  for  the  pass,  while  perhaps 
five  hundred  remained  in  the  plaza.  Upon  these  he  made  a 
furious  charge,  killing  several  of  them  and  dispersing  the  rest, 
while  he  and  his  troops  took  possession  of  their  artillery  and 
ammunition.  But  before  the  arrival  of  the  infantry  the  Cap- 
tain was  surprised  by  a  charge  from  some  2,500  lancers.  In 
this  fearful  fray  the  Captain  was  mortally  wounded  and  fell 
from  his  horse  while  encouraging  his  men  to  still  withstand 
the  fearful  odds  against  them  until  the  other  troops  should 
arrive.  Soon  they  came  to  their  relief,  and  before  many  min- 
utes the  place  was  cleared  of  the  enemy.  Among  the  prisoners 
taken  on  this  occasion  was  Colonel  La  Vega,  brother  to  the 
General  of  the  same  name;  also  Major  Iturbide,  son  of  the 
former  Emperor  of  Mexico. 

"On  the  llth  the  troops  entered  the  pass  and  after  the 
principal  part  of  the  train  had  proceeded  some  distance  a 
wagon  in  the  rear  broke  down  and  seven  companies  of  the 
Fourth  Ohio  were  left  to  protect  it  until  another  wagon  could 
be  brought  back  and  the  baggage  shifted  into  it.  While  thus 
detained  a  parly  of  lancers,  about  1,500  in  number,  appeared 
on  the  right  and  to  the  rear.  The  companies  immediately 
concealed  themselves  behind  some  brushes  and  awaited  the 
attack.  After  considerable  firing  and  maneuvering  on  the  part 
of  the  enemy,  the  wagon  that  had  been  sent  for  came  rattling 
and  thundering  through  the  mountain  pass,  which  they  proba- 
bly mistook  for  the  approach  of  artillery,  and  with  no  little 
haste  these  valorous  Mexicans  took  their  exit  to  the  opposite 
side  of  the  plain. 

"Continuing  the  march,  the  troops  arrived  at  Amazuque, 
and,  after  resting  a  few  hours,  pressed  forward,  intending  to 


1M 

cnlcr  I'uehla  ami  relieve  Colonel  Childs  and  his  gallant  hand 
before  night.  (  >n  Hearing  the  city  the  clash  of  arms  \vas  dis- 
tinctlv  heard,  and  al.-o  the  Colonel  tiring  a  salute  on  his 
eightccn-pounder.  The  troops  passed  through  the  principal 
parts  ot  the  city,  only  occasionally  being  tired  at  by  the  foe 
concealed  on  the  tops  of  the  houses.  This  firing  was  kept  up 
for  some  minutes,  when,  being  returned  with  compound  inter- 
est, tlie  bells  rang  for  a  truce  and  the  Mexicans  abandoned 
the  city. 

"The  iov  of  Colonel  Child.-  and  his  men  seemed  to  have  no 
bounds  :  and  no  wonder,  for  thev  had  "been  hemmed  up  in  the 
northern  part  of  the  citv  for  nearlv  a  month,  and  a  good  part 
of  that  time  they  had  been  -cant  of  pro\  isions  and  water. 
Dav  after  day  thev  had  lived  upon  flour,  water  and  cotfee. 
and  these  not  in  abundance.  The  enemy,  finding  that  Colonel 
Child-  would  not  surrender  the  place,  had  attempted  to  starve 
him  out.  So  destitute  of  meat  were  the  Colonel's  men  that  it 
has  been  told  they  even  ate  cats!  Their  ammunition  was 
so  nearly  spent  that  they  had  to  wrap  six-pound  balls  to  fire 
from  the  twelve-pound  guns. 

"'  >!i  the  I'.'th  of  '  >ctober  detail-  from  the  Fourth  <  )hio  and 
other  regiment-  started  on  an  expedition  against  a  pariv  of 
Mexican-  under  <  ieneral  Kea.  the  noted  guerilla  chief.  \Yheii 
about  ten  miles  from  1'uebla  the  enemv  was  met  with  and  a 
close  conflict  ensued.  Retreating  some  distance,  thev  again 
made  a  stand  and  tought  desperately  with  the  dragoon-,  but  on 
receiving  a  shot  or  two  trom  the  artillerv  they  again  tied  and 
ran  into  \talixco.  1  he  loss  of  life  in  thi-  engagement  was 
coi  sjderable.  The  report  of  the  Mexican-  was  •.'!'.'  killed  and 
•">(l|i  wounded:  the  American-,  two  killed  and  one  wounded. 
The  force-  were  about  l.-Vio  American-  and  about  the  same 
number  of  Mexican-. 

"A  detachment  of  some  -)|M1  men  was  sent  to  a  little  town 

called    1  iuacalcingo.    for  the   purpose   ,,f  capturing  two  pieces 

of   cannon   belonging  to   the   enemv.      The   guns   were   hid   on 

the  arrival  of  the  troop-,  but  by  a  diligent   search  they  were 

:  spiked,  and  the  Americans  reassembled  at   J'uebla. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  1T5 

elated  with  their  success  and  the  probable  cessation  of  hostili- 
ties. The  stay  in  Puebla  was  somewhat  long  — •  from  the  12th 
of  October,  1847,  to  the  2nd  of  June,  1848 — -during  which 
time  the  prospects  of  peace  and  war  were  alternating  with  a 
regularity  perplexing  and  vexatious  to  the  American  forces. 

"On  the  2nd  of  June  orders  were  received  to  take  up  the 
line  of  march  for  Yera  Cruz,  and  the  3rd  found  the  troops 
hastening  homeward." 

WAR    OF    1812. 

From  1811  to  1814  was  an  exciting  war  period  in  the  his- 
tory of  this  country.  Union  County  was  then  on  the  frontier 
and  near  to  the  seat  of  war  of  the  Northwest. 

The  territory  which  now  comprises  Union  County  was  but 
sparsely  settled.  The  settlements  were  along  the  Southern 
border  on  Big  Darby  Creek  and  Sugar  Run,  and  comprised 
the  families  of  the  Robinsons,  Mitchells,  Currys,  Ewings, 
Sagers,  Rents,  Snodgrasses,  Shovers  and  a  few  others. 

From  the  close  proximity  of  these  settlements  to  the  seat 
of  hostilities  it  would  be  expected  that  there  would  be  ample 
material  for  an  extended  chapter  on  the  services  of  the  citizens 
of  this  county  during  the  war  of  1812.  But  the  early  history 
of  this  territory  is  very  meager  from  which  to  obtain  any  data 
of  the  stirring  events  of  that  period.  There  are  but  few  rolls 
now  on  file  at  the  Adjutant  General's  office,  and  from  these 
can  be  gleaned  but  little  history,  save  the  names  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  companies. 

Almost  every  citizen  within  the  limits  of  the  county  who 
was  a  military  subject  at  that  time  was  in  the  service  at  some 
time  during  the  war. 

The  first  military  company  organized  in  the  county  was 
recruited  during  the  year  1813,  by  Captain  James  A.  Curry, 
lie  was  appointed  enrolling  officer  of  the  district,  including  all 
the  settlements  along  Darby  Creek  and  Sugar  Run,  and  or- 
ganized a  company  of  which  he  was  elected  Captain,  Samuel 
^S'tchell  First  Lieutenant,  and  Adam  Shover  Second  Lieuten- 
ant. Strange  as  it  mav  seem,  but  verv  little  can  be  learned  of 


!",('>  History  of  Jerome  To^'iisliip 

the  other  mcml)crs  of  this  company,  although  they  \vere  re- 
cruited from  the  old  families  of  Robinsons,  Mitchells,  Lwings, 
Kents.  Sabers  and  others. 

After  a  diligent  search  among  the  records  and  inquiring 
amung  the  oldest  of  the  descendants  now  living,  the  following 
named  citizens  are  known  positively  to  have  been  members  of 
this  company  : 

lames  A.  Curry,  Captain;  Samuel  Milchell,  First  Lieuten- 
ant; Adam  Shover,  Second  Lieutenant;  James  I!uck.  Calvin 
Carey,  Lwing  Donaldson,  David  Milchell,  Andrew  Xoternan, 
Clark  Lrovins.  Christian  Sager.  George  Sager,  Abe  Sager  and 
William  Taylor. 

Thev  were  attached  to  a  regiment  the  number  of  which 
cannot  be  ascertained.  They  first  rendezvoused  at  Delaware, 
where  orders  were  received  to  join  General  Harrison's  army  in 
the  Xorthwest.  They  marched  by  way  of  Upper  Sandusky 
and  the  Falls  of  St.  Mary's  to  Fort  Meigs,  then  returned  by 
Wapakoncta  and  J'iqua.  The  majority  of  them  were  called 
out  the  second  time  to  build  and  garrison  blockhouses  on  the 
frontier.  The  names  of  several  citizens  of  this  county  appear 
on  the  rolls  of  Captain  McClellan's  company,  among  which  are 
those  of  four  brothers.  James.  William.  Samuel  and  Robert 
Snodgrass. 

Captain  lames  V.  Currv  first  enlisted  in  lune.  1>1''.  at 
Urbana,  in  a  companv  of  light  horse  from  Highland  County, 
and  was  attached  to  Colonel  Carr's  regiment,  composed  mainly 
of  Kentucky  troop-,  and  served  in  this  campaign  tinder  General 
Tupper  on  the  Maumee  and  River  Raisin.  He  was  detailed 
as  a  scout  during  that  summer,  and  being  an  experienced 
woodsman,  was  kept  constantlv  in  service.  1  have  heard  him 
say  he  never  performed  a  dav's  cam])  dutv  during  this  cam- 
paign, lie  was  a  line  horseman,  was  splendidly  mounted  on 
his  own  horse  "lack."  lie  and  the  scouts  serving  under 
lum  were  constantlv  on  the  mo\  e  examining  the  streams  for 
Indian  signs  and  watching  the  movement-  of  the  ciiemv. 

A  companv  \vas  organized  at  Main  Citv  during  the  sumi.'j-'r 
of  l>r.'  or  1^1-'!.  of  which  lonathan  Alder  was  elected  Captain 


History  of  Jerome  Township  177 

and  Frederick  Loyd  First  Lieutenant.  They  were  directed  to 
march  north  toward  the  lakes,  about  twenty  miles  beyond  the 
settlements  of  Darby,  and  erect  a  blockhouse  for  the  protec- 
tion of  the  settlements.  They  marched  to  the  banks  of  Mill 
Creek,  and  after  working  three  or  four  days  a  blockhouse 
was  completed.  Mr.  Alder  says:  "There  were  seventy  in  all, 
and  one,  Daniel  \Yatkins,  w-as  made  Colonel  and  Commander- 
in-Chief." 

Mr.  Alder,  who  had  been  a  captive  among  the  Indians  for 
fifteen  years  and  well  knew  their  mode  of  warfare,  condemned 
this  as  a  very  unwise  move  in  the  Governor  to  order  so  many 
men  from  the  settlements,  for  he  claimed  the  tactics  of  the 
Indians  would  be  to  "attack  the  women  and  children  in  the 
settlements  and  avoid  the  forts." 

They  remained  at  the  bolckhouse  only  a  few  weeks.  There 
being  a  false  alarm,  it  was  not  possible  to  keep  men  from  re- 
turning to  the  settlements.  This  blockhouse  was  situated  on 
the  west  bank  of  Mill  Creek,  about  three  miles  northwest  from 
Marysville. 

Thomas  Killgorc,  who  died  at  the  residence  of  his  son, 
Simeon  Killgore,  in  Mill  Creek  Township,  a  few  years  ago, 
was  a  member  of  the  company  that  erected  this  fort  and  was 
the  last  one  left  of  the  company.  A  short  time  before  his 
death  he  gave  a  detailed  account  of  this  campaign  and  the 
building  of  the  blockhouse,  which  was  transmitted  by  Judge 
Cole  to  the  Pioneer  Association  of  Union  County.  So  far  as 
can  be  learned,  this  is  the  only  fort  ever  erected  within  the 
borders  of  this  county,  and  this  is  probably  known  to  but  few 
of  our  citizens.  Of  the  company  that  erected  this  blockhouse 
it  has  not  been  possible  to  learn  the  names  of  any  except  those 
alreadv  mentioned. 

A  number  of  the  young  men  in  the  settlements  enlisted  in 
companies  outside  of  the  county  and  saw  hard  service  during 
the  war.  Simon  Shovcr.  who  lived  on  Darby  near  the  old 
Sager  mill,  in  Jerome  Township,  enlisted  in  and  was  (  h'derly 
Sergeant  of  Captain  Langham's  company,  of  Chillicothe,  Ohio, 
lie  was  a  brave  and  gallant  soldier,  and  had  manv  hair-breadth 


IIS  IIistt>r\  cf  Joanne   Township 

escapes.  At  one  time  he  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Indians 
and  saved  his  life  bv  imitating  a  rooster  crowing,  by  jumping 
up  on  logs  or  stumps,  and  flapping  his  arms  and  hands.  This 
seemed  to  please  the  Indians  very  much,  as  they  laughed  im- 
moderately at  his  antics.  Simon  always  claimed  that  this 
saved  his  life,  lie  was  taken  prisoner  at  Winchester's  defeat, 
and  often  expressed  his  indignation  at  the  treatment  of  Gen- 
eral Winchester,  who  was  abused  and  insulted  by  the  Indians, 
without  any  check  from  the  I>riti-h.  Simon  Shover  was  one 
of  fifty  picked  men,  who  made  a  sortie  from  Kurt  Krie.  and 
spiked  the  guns  of  the  British  during  the  night  :  and  was.  per- 
hap-.  the  most  distinguished  soldier  that  went  from  the  county. 
lie  was  of  a  good  family,  and  honorable  and  brave  to  a  tault. 
lie  learned  many  of  the  traits  of  the  Indian-,  and  was  ac- 
customed to  entertain  large  crowds  of  citixcns  at  all  kinds  of 
gatherings.  >uch  as  "log-rollings,"  "huskin'-bees,  '  "house  and 
barn  raising.-"  and  "musters,"  with  many  interesting  incidents 
of  his  adventure.-,  both  thrilling  and  ludicrous.  Wherever 
"crowds  were  wont  to  assemble."  Simon  could  always  be 
counted  as  one  of  the  number,  and  furni.-hed  much  amu-einent 
bv  gi\ing  the  "Indian  war  whoop." 

His  voice  was  as  clear  and  shrill  as  a  trumpet,  and  he  could 
give  a  genuine  war  whoop  that  would  have  cau.-cd  <>}<{  \  ecum- 
seh  to  have  mar-haled  hi-  warrior-  for  the  field.  Manv  anec- 
dote- might  be  related  of  his  etlort-  to  ainu-e  the  crowd  during 
conn  term  and  on  "training  day."  He  was  anxious  to  live  a 
hundred  years,  am!  on  meeting  or  parting  with  old  Iriends  he 
wa-  wont  to  exclaim:  "Hurrah  lor  a  hundred  years! 

The  territory  now  comprising  the  countv  of  L'nioii  wa-  but 

thinlv   populated   in    IM'J.  yet   manv   of   her  citixen-   left   their 

home-  :n  rc.-pon-c  to  the  call  to  arm-  with,  the  tull  knowledge 

'  their  women  and  children  were  at  the  niercv  of  the  Indians 

prowling  along  the  northwe-tern  border,  ami  not  a  few  «\  them 

n  :  dei'ed  Lrood  -ervice  to  the  government  in  her  hour  ot   need. 

ma\    our  citixens  hold  in  gratetul  remembrance  the  -crv- 

nj   the  patriotic  veterans  ot    I   mon  i  tnmtv  in  the  \\  ar  of 


History  of  Jerome  Township  179 

The  names  of  twenty-three  soldiers  who  served  in  the 
War  of  1812  are  given  in  the  attached  roster.  Of  this  number, 
Christian  Adams,  Elijah  Hoyt,  F.  Hemenway  and  Titus  Dort 
and  Simon  Rickard  did  not  enlist  from  Jerome  Township,  but 
were  old  residents  and  bruied  in  the  different  cemeteries  of  the 
township.  Major  Edward  Barlow  lived  on  the  border  of  the 
township  and  was  a  well-known  prominent  citizen,  member  of 
the  old  red-brick  Presbyterian  Church  congregation.  He  was 
an  officer  and  participated  in  the  battle  of  New  Orleans  under 
General  Andrew  Jackson. 

A  number  of  other  residents  along  Darby  Creek  in  Darby 
and  Union  Townships,  served  during  the  war,  among  whom 
may  be  named  James  and  Samuel  Mitchell,  George,  Robert 
and  James  Snodgrass,  James,  Thomas,  John  and  Samuel  Rob- 
inson. 

In  1812-13  Colonel  James  Curry,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary War,  was  called  to  Delaware  to  assist  in  organizing 
a  regiment  of  soldiers  in  which  his  oldest  son,  James  A.  Curry, 
was  a  Captain,  leaving  his  wife  with  several  small  children,  the 
oldest  of  which  was  but  eleven  years  of  age,  in  the  cabin  on 
the  banks  of  Sugar  Run,  with  no  neighbor  nearer  than  John 
Kent  and  family,  one  mile  distant  through  the  dense  forest. 
One  day,  during  Colonel  Curry's  absence,  the  horses  were  at- 
tacked by  the  wolves,  and  stampeded  with  such  a  noise  as  to 
make  Mrs.  Curry  believe  the  Indians  were  going  to  attack  their 
home.  Young  Stephenson,  then  a  boy  of  but  eleven  years, 
but  with  the  coolness  of  an  old  backwoodsman,  took  down  the 
two  rifles,  and,  loading  one,  placed  his  younger  brother,  Otway, 
as  a  sentinel  at  the  fence,  in  rear  of  the  cabin,  and  while  he 
attempted  to  load  the  other,  the  charge  became  fastened  in  the 
barrel.  The  two  boys  stood  on  guard  for  some  time,  ready  to 
meet  the  invasion  of  the  redskins.  When  night  came  on  they, 
with  their  mother,  went  to  John  Kent's  house  and  spent  the 
night.  The  next  morning,  on  their  return  with  some  of  the 
neighbors,  they  found  that  the  wolves  had  attacked  the  horses, 
badly  injuring  one  of  them,  but  that  no  Indians,  or  traces  of 
them,  were  to  be  found.  One  of  the  old  flint-lock  rifles  used 


ISO  History  of  Jerome  Toii.'us]iip 

on  this  occasion  is  still  in  possession  of  \Y.  L.  Curry,  son  of 
Stephenson  Curry. 

Sugar  Run  Falls,  on  the  land  of  Colonel  Curry,  now  owned 
by  his  great-grandson,  Thomas  II.  Curry,  was  in  the  early 
days  a  beautiful  and  attractive  place.  The  stream  wound  its 
way  through  a  little  valley,  shaded  by  burr  oaks  and  black  wal- 
nut timber,  and.  surrounded  as  it  was  by  good  hunting  and 
fishing  grounds,  it  was  a  favorite  place  for  the  Indians  in  the 
early  years  of  the  present  century.  The  old  Indian  trace,  lead- 
ing from  the  \Yyandot  nation  south,  ran  past  the  Falls,  and 
tilt  Indians  continued  to  travel  this  route  after  there  was  quite 
a  settlement  along  Sugar  Run. 

The  last  Indians  who  visited  this  vicinity  came  about  the 
year  IMG-IT".  In  the  early  spring,  four  Indians  came  from 
the  north,  and  encamped  at  the  falls  for  a  few  days.  They 
visited  Colonel  Curry's  house,  and,  as  usual,  were  supplied 
from  his  table,  as  he  was  well  known  to  the  Indians  passing 
along  this  route,  and  he  was  one  in  whom  they  had  great  con- 
fidence. When  they  left  the  falls  they  separated,  two  following 
the  old  trail  and  two  traveling  in  a  southwesterly  direction.  In 
a  few  weeks  two  of  them  again  reached  the  falls,  and  had  with 
them  an  Indian  ponv.  They  remained  a  dav  or  two,  and  their 
two  companions  not  arriving  (  it  is  supposed  this  was  to  be 
their  place  of  meeting),  they  then  stripped  the  bark  from  a 
burr  oak  tree,  and  taking  yellow  keel,  which  was  in  great  abun- 
dance along  the  stream,  traced  on  the  trunk  of  the  tree1  in 
rude  characters  an  Indian  leading  a  pony,  while  another  In- 
dian was  in  the  rear  with  a  gun  on  his  shoulder  and  the  ram- 
rod in  his  hand,  as  if  in  the  act  of  driving  the  pony,  traveling 


the  old  Indian  trail  north.  A  few  evenings  after  their  de- 
parture, then'  two  comrades  arrived  from  the  south,  and  learn- 
ing by  the  drawings  on  the  tree  that  their  companions  had 
preceded  them,  they  remained  over  night  and  the  next  morning 
took  the  trace  and  moved  rapidly  north.  And  thus  the  last 
T'idians  ever  seen  on  the  southern  border  of  L'nion  County 
took  their  departure  fr<>m  their  once  happy  hunting  ground-. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  181 

WAR  OF  THE  REVOLUTION— 1776. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  the  soldiers 
were  given  lands  in  payment  for  their  services.  The  territory 
comprising  Union  County  is  all  "Virginia  Military  Lands," 
being  a  part  of  that  between  the  Scioto  and  the  Miami  Rivers, 
all  of  which  was  set  apart  for  the  Revolutionary  soldiers  by 
the  United  States  Government. 

Many  of  these  old  patriots  took  up  these  lands  and  in  this 
way  quite  a  number  found  homes  in  Union  County.  From 
this  grand  old  Revolutionary  stock  sprang  Union  County's 
brave  and  patriotic  sons  who  fought  in  the  War  of  1812,  the 
Mexican  War  and  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

Of  these  old  heroes  of  '76,  several  are  buried  in  the  ceme- 
teries of  this  county.  But  little  can  be  learned,  even  tradi- 
tionally, of  their  services,  although  many  of  their  descendants 
reside  in  the  county.  Some  of  them  are  known  to  have  fought 
at  Yorktown,  Monmouth,  White  Plains,  Germantown  and 
other  historic  battlefields  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution. 

Colonel  James  Curry  and  Henry  Shover  both  served  in 
Virginia  regiments  during  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  Mr. 
Shover  enlisted  in  Louden  County  and  emigrated  to  the  terri- 
tory in  which  Jerome  County  is  situated,  before  the  breaking 
out  of  the  WTar  of  1812,  and  two  of  his  sons,  Adam  and  Simon, 
served  in  that  war.  No  information  can  be  secured  of  the 
service  of  Henry  Shover  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution. 
Colonel  Curry  resided  near  Staunton,  Augusta  County,  Vir- 
ginia, and  as  shown  by  the  records  in  the  War  Department,  he 
served  as  an  officer  in  the  Fourth  and  Eighth  Virginia  In- 
fantry, Continental  Line. 

He  was  a  private  in  the  Staunton,  Virginia.  Company,  un- 
der General  Lewis,  in  Dunmore's  war  with  the  Indians  on  the 
Ohio  River  was  severely  wounded  at  Point  Pleasant,  Va.,  Oc- 
tober 10th,  177-1,  in  battle  with  Indians  under  Cornstalk.  He 
was  a  private  in  the  4th  Virginia  Infantry,  Continental  Line, 
at  beginning  of  the  Revolution ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Eighth 
Virginia,  December,  177(5;  First  Lieutenant,  June  21th,  1777; 
transferred  to  Fourth  Virginia  September  1  1th,  1778;  Captain, 


September  v!ord.  1^1!';  was  in  battles  of  Brandywine.  (  iennan- 
to\vn.  etc.;  at  Vallcv  Forge,  1777-7'S;  taken  prisoner  with  Lin- 
eoln's  army  at  Charleston.  May  KJth.  HMI;  exchanged  June. 
I'M  :  on  >tatl  of  General  Nathaniel  (list;  severely  wounded 
at  siege  of  Yorktown  ;  acted  as  second  in  two  duels  between 
officers  while  in  service:  with  Washington  at  triumphal  entry 
into  Xew  York.  November  ^."ith.  17>:>:  served  nearly  eight 
years:  subsequent  to  war.  was  Brigade  Inspector  of  Virginia 
militia.  Clerk  of  Court  of  Augusta  County.  Virginia.  Colonel  of 
(  >hio  militia.  County  Judge,  and  member  of  <  >hio  Legislature. 

The  battle  of  Point  Pleasant,  Virginia,  is  called  "A  First 
llattle  of  the  Revolution"  by  Chambers'  Encyclopedia.  from 
which  the  following  account  of  the  battle  is  copied.  As  it  was 
fought  before  war  was  declared  and  at  least  one  citizen  of  the 
township  was  a  participant,  it  will  be  of  interest  to  all  citizens 
of  the  township. 

"An  important  battle,  fought  October  P>th.  177-1.  between 
Coin:!;;;:  troops  of  Virginia,  under  General  Andrew  Lewis.  and 
the  Shawnees,  I  Vlawares  and  other  Indian-  composing  the 
Northern  (,  onfederacy.  led  by  (  onistalk  as  king  and  sachem 
of  the  Shawnee  tribe,  on  the  east  bank'  of  the  (  >hio  River,  and 
iu-i  above  th<  great  Kanawh.a.  The  village  of  Point  Pleasant 


whi'.-h   \vas  and   :-   to  tins  da\-  >]iokeii  of  as   the   lirst  battle  of 

the    Revolution.      'I  he    'I>oston     Tea    Party'    had    alreadv    been 

held  in  the  spring  of  the  same  year,  and  the  'l'o>ton   Port  Hill' 

was  received  in  Mav—  the  >ignal  of  actti;il  contlirt  between  the 

cfilunie-  and  t'.ic   Mother  Cotmtrv.      1  .ord    I  Himore,   (iovernor 

fit"  \  irginia.  had  been  bu-v  in  the  interests  <it   l;,ngland  by  way 

Hi  -     .....        hostile  feeling  between  the  hardv  \\dnte  >ettlers 

iou.-  tribe-  of  Indians,  tlie  object  of  which  had  be- 

At  la-i  a  crisis  \vas  reached.     The  legislature 

[IK,]         -  ler  which  General  Andrew    [,ewi>  gathered  to- 

nt    l,ewi>  Sjinngs.  now    Leu  isburg,   \\  .   \  a.. 

!    fr  ••;:    thei     -     '  :   iceeded   to    Point    Pleasant,   ;i  'ting  as   wa- 

und  ert    with    the    *  olnnial    u1  '\  enn  u>  .    who    in 


History  of  Jerome  Tcwnship  188 

the  Ohio  at  Wheeling,  from  which  point  he  was  to  meet  Gen- 
eral Lewis.  All  this  time,  unbeknown  to  General  Lewis,  the 
agents  of  Lord  Dunmore  had  been  busy  concentrating  the 
Indians  in  the  neighborhood  of  Point  Pleasant,  and  subsequent 
events  show  that  he  never  intended  to  join  his  forces  with  the 
troops  under  Lewis.  Our  space  will  not  admit  of  our  giving 
the  various  facts  substantiating  this  statement  made  so  em- 
phatic in  the  history  of  the  'Border  Wars'  by  Withers  and 
others. 

"In  this  bloody  battle,  about  one-fifth  of  the  entire  army  of 
General  Lewis  were  either  killed  or  wounded,  and  of  the  In- 
dians, the  number  must  have  been  even  greater.  It  was  the 
most  severely  contested  battle  of  the  kind  of  which  we  have 
any  account,  and  was  fought  on  both  sides  from  behind  trees 
in  a  dense  forest  of  primeval  growth,  on  one  of  the  richest 
bottoms  of  the  Ohio.  It  was  wholly  unexpected,  the  object 
being  on  the  part  of  General  Lewis,  in  fulfillment  of  the  pur- 
poses on  the  part  of  the  legislature,  to  proceed  with  an  over- 
powering force  in  conjunction  with  Governor  Dunmore,  from 
Point  Pleasant  to  the  Indian  settlement  on  the  Scioto,  beyond 
the  Ohio.  In  vain  did  the  brave  Lewis  look  for  troops  from 
Wheeling.  During  the  night  of  the  !)th  and  10th,  a  body  of 
Indians  was  reported  by  a  scouting  party  as  having  encamped 
near  the  site  of  an  old  Shawnee  village,  about  six  miles  above. 

"At  the  same  time  advices  were  received  that  Lord  Dun- 
more  would  cross  the  country  directly  to  the  Scioto.  Before 
sunrise  on  the  morning  of  the  loth,  a  hunting  partv  returned 
and  brought  the  startling  report  of  'four  acres  of  Indians,' 
about  a  mile  above  the  camp  of  General  Lewis.  The  party 
had  been  fired  upon.  At  once,  on  receipt  of  this  news,  the 
main  bodv  of  the  troops,  under  Colonel  Charles  Lewis  and 
Colonel  Fleming,  were  mustered  into  line.  The  battle  soon 
began,  and  raged  with  varied  fortune  through  nearly  the  entire 
day.  The  brave  Colonel  Lewis  fell  mortally  wounded.  Colonel 
Fleming  was  soon  after  disabled,  when  Colonel  Field,  who 
had  come  up  with  a  re-enforcement,  took  command.  This  of- 
ficer had  learned  a  lesson  from  the  unfortunate  Braddock :, 


is!  History  (>f  Jcrouic   T^'iisliip 

but  ho.  too.  soon  fell.  At  times  the  battle  raged  like  a  tempest. 
The  roar  of  the  musketry  was  continuous.  The  clarion  voice 
of  Cornstalk  was.  nevertheless,  everywhere  heard  bidding  his 
warriors,  'I'e  strong!'  lie  strong!'  Seeing  a  warrior  shrink, 
he  sunk'  his  tomahawk  into  his  skull.  The  most  unyielding  and 
desperate  courage  was  on  Loth  sides  displayed  until  late  in  the 
afternoon,  when  three  companies  that  had  heen  retained  in 
camp,  perhaps  on  account  of  the  Indians  in  large  numbers  on 
the  opposite  shore  of  the  <  >hio.  under  Captains  John  Stewart. 
Isaac  Shelbv  and  George  Matthews— distinguished  names — 
reached  the  rear  of  Cornstalk  bv  a  well-planned  movement, 
and  decided  the  fortunes  of  the  dav. 

"A  troatv  was  entered  into  at  Camp  Charlotte,  in  Ohio,  at 
which  Lord  I  Hmmore  was  present,  who  seemed  to  ha\  e  a  per- 
fect understanding  with  the  Indians;  though  the  colonists  were 
indebted  mainly  to  Cornstalk'  for  the  treat}'  of  peace  which 
1  hmmore  seemed  determined  to  postpone,  as  we  might  show. 
It  was  in  view  of  the  surprising  valor  di-plaved  by  the  troops 
under  General  Lewis  in  this  decisive  battle  that  \\ashington. 
in  the  darkest  days  of  the  Revolution,  was  led  to  exclaim: 
'Leave  me  but  a  banner  to  plant  upon  the  mountains  of  Au- 
gusta,  and  !  will  rally  around  mo  the  men  who  will  lift  our 
bleeding  countrv  from  the  dust  and  set  her  free." 


A  number  of  Jerome  Township  bovs  left  the  parental  home 
LI  d  'he  old  farm  soon  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War.  in 
I  ><;."».  and  1'iok  up  the  duties  of  citizenship  in  other  States. 
Robert  A.  Liggett  went  to  Oetroit.  Mich.,  and  was  for  manv 
veai's  •  '  rial  in  the  Michigan  Mutual  Life  Insur- 

ance Companv.  William  M.  Liggett,  after  serving  two  terms 
a-  Ire;  -iirer  of  I'nion  Countv.  jnoved  with  his  tamih'  to  Mm- 
nesota,  when  he  uas  \  ery  prominent.  HIM  serving  as  Com- 
mi-~i(jnev  of  Railroads,  for  eighteen  years  he  wa^  I  Van  of  the 
A'jriruUural  [Experiment  Station  in  connection  \vith  th.e  L'ni- 
I 

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Historv  of  Jerome  1  o-^'iislnp  ISo 

graduated  as  a  theological  student  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
and  was  an  ordained  minister  of  that  church.  William  Mc- 
Crory  went  to  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  where  he  was  a  prominent 
business  man.  He  projected  and  built  the  lirst  interurban 
railroad  line  from  Minneapolis  to  Lake  Minetonka.  James  D. 
Bain  was  graduated  as  a  physician,  went  to  Great  Bend,  Kan- 
sas, where  he  practiced  a  number  of  years  and  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Legislature  in  that  State. 

All  of  the  above  named  are  deceased. 

Of  those  who  survive,  Henry  A.  Brinkerhoff,  who  first 
served  as  a  Lieutenant  in  the  30th  ().  V.  I.,  was  promoted  to 
Lieutenant  Colonel  in  the  U.  S.  Army  before  the  close  of  the 
Civil  War.  He  remained  in  the  Army  and  was  retired  a  few 
years  ago  with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  and  resides  in  Oak  Park, 
Illinois. 

James  Curry  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Woos- 
ter,  Ohio,  in  IS1} 2.  He  then  went  immediately  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  where,  after  two  years7  study,  he  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary  in  that  city. 
He  was  immediately  ordained  as  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  San  Pablo  and  Berkeley,  and  has  been  in  the  minis- 
try continuously  for  4<)  years  in  the  vicinity  of  San  Francisco. 
He  is  a  Doctor  of  Divinity,  and  in  service  is  the  oldest  Presby- 
terian minister  on  the  coast.  He  has  written  a  history  of 
Presbyterianism  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  of  which  a  large  edition 
was  published,  and  he  has  for  a  number  of  years  been  the 
Secretary  of  the  Board  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  San 
Francisco.  He  is  now  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Newark,  California. 

James  Cone.  Stephcnson  B.  Cone,  Daniel  R.  Cone,  with 
their  families,  emigrated  to  Oregon  many  years  ago.  They 
live  in  the  vicinity  of  McMinnville,  excepting  Stephenson  and 
family,  who  live  in  Portland,  and  they  have  all  prospered  in 
a  business  way. 

Alexander  I).  Gowans  resides  at  Centerview.  Mo.,  and  is 
!iow  Mayor  of  that  city.  Thompson  O.  Cole  is  a  successful 
business  man  of  Great  Bend.  Kansas.  James  L.  McCampbell 

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resides  at  Orange,  California.  David  Currv.  for  many  years 
a  fruit  grower  in  California,  has  recently  changed  his  residence 
to  Seattle.  Washington.  William  B.  Brinkerholl.  piano  manu- 
facturer. Brazil.  Indiana.  Immer  Robinson,  produce  mer- 
chant. Champaign,  111. 

Robert  McCrory  served  two  years  as  Clerk  of  the  Courts 
of  L'nion  County  and  afterward  practiced  law  quite  success- 
fully a  number  of  years,  is  now  a  resident  of  Spokane.  Wash. 
Tames  V.  Chapman.  Pomona.  Cal. :  ileber  \\oodburn,  Minne- 
apolis, Minn.;  lacob  Ruehlen,  lliawatha.  Kan.;  George  Butler, 
Rush  Center.  Kan.  ;  Festus  Fdwards.  Chase,  Mich.  :  Samuel 
Xonnemaker.  Topeka.  Kan.;  Dunallen  M.  \\oodburn.  Hessing- 
ton.  Kan.,  druggist  ;  A.  M.  Garner,  railroad  engineer  for  forty 
years.  Mattoon,  111.;  Fdgar  G.  Magill.  a  prominent  physician 
of  1'eoria.  111. 

They  were  all  schoolboys  of  Jerome  Township,  and  it  is  a 
pleasure  to  note  that  some  of  them  have  been  prominent  in 
public  life  and  all  are  respected  citizens  of  other  States.  There 
may  be  others  whose  names  are  not  recalled,  but  every  effort 
has  been  made  to  ascertain  the  present  address  of  all  who 
reside  in  other  States. 

OCR    HEROINES. 

Soon  alter  the  lirst  war  meeting  was  held  in  the  Seceder 
Church.  April  ''1th.  l>iil.  the  companv  was  organized  and 
commence^!  drilling  under  Dr.  James  Cutler,  afterward  a  Cap- 
tain in  the  Fh>t  (  >hio  Cavalry,  the  mother-,  wives  and  sisters 
said:  "\\  e  can  and  will  help."  Btisv  hands  were  plvmg  the 
needles,  and  in  a  few  davs  uniform--  consisting  of  red  tlannel 
blouses  and  black  caps  were  rcadv  to  don.  Flags  were  not 
so  plentiful  in  thi.ise  earlv  davs  of  the  war.  and  the  sisters  and 
sweethearts  \vere  not  content  to  purcha.-e  an  ordinary  bunting 
Hag,  bin  one  stitched  bv  their  own  hands  should  be  carried  by 
the  bov.s  as  thev  marched  to  the  wild  music  of  the  war-drum.-. 
.\  messenger  was  dispatched  to  Columbus,  silk  was  purchased. 
and  a  beautiful  tlag  was  manufactured  bv  liie-e  patriotic  girls. 

Then  came  the  call   for  .Vifi.OuO  three-vear  volunteers,  and 


History  of  Jerome  Township  187 

as  a  number  of  companies  were  organized  in  the  county,  they 
were  all  called  to  assemble  at  Milford  Center  July  -ith  for 
regiment  drill.  A  wagon  was  equipped  with  a  great  platform 
decorated  with  bunting  and  was  drawn  by  four  white  horses 
driven  by  Moderwell  Robinson.  In  this  wagon  were  seated 
thirty-one  girls,  dressed  in  white  with  red,  white  and  blue 
sashes,  representing  all  the  States  in  the  Union.  The  wagon 
was  driven  to  the  square  in  Xew  California,  and  with  appro- 
priate ceremonies  and  great  enthusiasm  the  flag  was  presented 
to  the  company.  Preceded  by  this  wagon  with  the  bevy  of 
girls  singing  patriotic  songs  a  procession  \vas  formed,  some  in 
wagons,  buggies  or  carriages,  and  many  on  horseback,  pro- 
ceeded to  Milford,  where  the  regimental  drill  was  held,  viewed 
by  thousands  of  patriotic  citizens. 

The  flag  was  not  taken  to  the  field  during  the  war,  but  the 
enthusiasm  of  that  flag  presentation  by  the  loyal  young  ladies 
of  this  community  —  our  own  sisters  and  sweethearts  —  was 
an  inspiration  that  followed  the  soldiers  to  the  front  and 
cheered  them  on  battle  lines. 

During  our  Civil  War  the  loyal  women  of  our  country  did 
not  have  the  inspiration  of  the  war-drums  —  no  hope  of  fame 
for  heroic  deeds  amid  the  clash  of  arms  —  no  hope  of  reward 
but  that  of  a  nation  saved.  But  her  courage  was  equal  to  that 
of  the  soldier  who  carried  the  sword  or  the  musket  —  when 
she  sent  father,  husband,  brother  or  sweetheart  with  prayers 
and  blessings. 

The  names  of  many  of  these  girls  are  recalled  and  here- 
with published  as  our  heroines  —  many  of  whom  have  passed 
to  the  other  shore : 

LIZZIE  Go  WANS  Am  SHAFFER 

JE. \.\XETTF.  GoWANS  MAGGIE   XuNEMAKER 

AMANDA  MCCAMPLELL  MARTHA  JANE  FLECK 

LOYINA  LIGGETT  SUSIE  RUEHLEN 

MARY  MCCAMIMSELL  SARAH    MARY  LIGGETT 

SUSANNAH   R<  HUN  SON  ELYTRA  ROHINSON 

L()U    RoiUNSOX  r>ELLK    BuCK 

OLLIE  CURRY  LIZZIE  LAUGHEAD 


1"--^  History  of  Jerome  To^ 

MARY  CCRRY  F.MMA  l\<>inxs<»x 

PHEKL  CTKRY  SARAH   WoomiuRN 

MARTHA  J.  RORINSOX  FLIZA  HILL 

GEORC.IANA  ROBINSON  FIDELIA  Rnmxsox 

JEN NII-:  TAYLOR  BELINDA  KETCH 

SALLIE  BAIN  XAN  BAIN 

FSTEI.LE  McCAMi'UEi.L  HESTER  MITCHELL 

XAX  BEARD  Lou  CONE 

SARAH   GILL  HANNAH   BEARD 

FLORENCE   \Yoonm:KX  MARY  ANN  DODGE 

LOVISA  KETCH  SALLIE   RUEIILEX 

I  recall  vividly  a  scene  on  the  battlefield  of  Shiloh  which 
can  never  be  etlaced  from  my  memory.  The  next  day  after 
the  battle,  fought  April  (ith  and  7th.  ls»i^.  along  the  banks  of 
the  Tennessee  River,  I  saw  upon  that  terrible  field  of  carnage 
a  woman  of  my  own  kin.  Her  maiden  name  was  Xancy  Snod- 
grass.  and  when  a  girl  she  resided  in  Jerome  Township.  Her 
father.  William  Snodgrass.  a  cousin  of  my  mother,  one  of  the 
early  pioneers  of  Union  County,  Ohio,  had  emigrated  to  Iowa 
m  the  early  fifties  when  the  daughter  was  a  girl  in  her  teens. 

Just  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  she  was  married  to  a 
young  man  by  the  name  of  Yastine,  who  enlisted  in  an  Iowa 
regiment.  He  was  stricken  with  fever,  and  she  came  from 
her  prairie  home  in  Iowa  to  nurse  him  in  the  hospital  at  Fort 
I  )onel-on.  \\hen  he  was  restored  to  health  he  was  detailed 
as  a  nurse  and  his  voting  wife  remained  as  a  nurse  in  the 
hospital. 

She  wa<  on  the  field  during  the  two  days'  battle,  fought 
amid  the  fore.-t-  and  along  the  ravines,  without  breastworks 
or  protection  of  any  kind,  where  the  loss  in  the  two  armies  was 
upward  of  :j|,oni).  The  only  woman  on  the  field  for  many 
dav-;  after  the  battle,  there  she  moved  about  among  the  dead 
and  wounded,  an  angel  of  mercy,  ministering  to  the  wants  of 
the  -tittering  ,-oldiers  of  both  the  blue  and  the  gray;  the  brave- 
hearted.  .-\mpathctic  country  girl,  as  true  as  the  soldier  who 
fell  upon  the  field  with  -word  or  musket  in  hand.  Any  picture 
I  could  draw  would  give  but  the  faintest  idea  of  the  realitv. 


History  of  Jerome  Toit'iisliip  18!) 

The  rain  had  been  pouring  in  torrents,  the  little  streams  and 
ravines  flowing  toward  the  Tennessee  were  at  high  flood, 
while  ambulances  with  sick  and  wounded,  supply  and  ammu- 
nition wagons,  were  plunging  through  the  mud  and  miring 
everywhere,  as  they  wound  their  slow  way  back  and  forth 
from  the  field  to  the  landing,  where  the  hospital  boats  were 
floating  in  the  river  waiting  to  receive  their  loads  of  mangled 
bodies.  Then  there  were  the  details  burying  the  dead  in 
shallow  graves,  or  long  narrow  trenches,  with  not  even  a 
blanket  to  cover  their  faces  or  bodies.  There  had  been  a 
victory,  and  cheers  went  up  from  the  camps  of  the  living,  and 
night  was  coming  on.  It  was  a  weird  scene,  as  plain  to  me 
as  if  but  a  few  months  ago.  Yet  more  than  half  a  century 
has  passed  since  that  bloody  war  tragedy  on  the  battlefield  of 
Shiloh. 

The  groans  of  the  suffering  and  dying  carried  in  on  the 
litters  or  in  the  ambulances  :  the  broken  neigh  of  some  war- 
horse  in  ravine  or  tangled  brush,  shot  through  body  or  limb, 
vainly  trying  to  struggle  to  his  feet,  and  with  a  look  of  despair 
almost  human  as  he  raises  his  head  in  the  throes  of  death  ;  a 
few  camp-fires  glimmering  here  and  there,  with  a  while  tent 
which  had  not  been  disturbed  by  shot  or  shell  in  the  terrible 
struggle  just  ended.  .-V  dim  light  of  candle  or  lantern  in  some 
headquarters  of  the  commander  gleams  through  the  mist. 
The  splash  of  a  horse's  hoofs  in  the  mud  is  heard  as  a  weary 
staff  officer  or  courier  dashes  oil  on  the  gallop  to  some  distant 
part  of  the  line  with  orders  for  the  movements  and  pursuit  of 
the  defeated  foe  at  early  dawn  on  the  morrow.  Many  a  sol- 
dier, with  the  dead  piled  thick  around  him.  in  his  agonizing 
pains  was  thinking  of  the  loved  ones  at  home  in  the  far-oil 
Xorthland  as  he  gazed  at  the  starless  sky  —  of  mother,  sister, 
or  wif e  —  when  the  flutter  of  a  woman's  garments  was  seen 
and  he  spoke  softlv,  "A  sister  of  mercy."  Yes,  a  sister  ot 
mercy  caring  for  the  wounded  that  dark  night.  It  was  Xancy 
Yastine.  the  brave  country  girl,  the  only  woman  on  that  awlul 
field  of  carnage,  April  Uh.  l.MivJ.  A  drop  of  cordial,  a  coo! 
bandage,  a  cup  of  hot  broth,  are  trifles  for  a  man-of-arms  to 


190  History  of  Jerome  To 

long  for.  but  the  getting  of  them  from  a  woman  thrills  the 
faltering  heart  with  warrior  blood,  and  many  a  life  was  saved 
on  the  held  because  a  woman  was  around. 


ROSTER. 
ABBREVIATIONS. 

Adjt Adjutant      inf infantry 

art. artillery      Lieut Lieutenant 

Bat Battalion      Maj Major 

Col Colonel      Regt Regiment 

Capt Captain      re-e re-enlisted 

Corp Corporal      res. resigned 

corn commissioned      Sergt Sergeant 

cav cavalry      trans transferred 

disc. discharged      vet veteran 

e enlisted      wd wounded 

Gen General      *  died  in  army 

Roster  of  Soldiers  who  enlisted  from  Jerome  Township, 
Union  County,  Ohio,  during-  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 
COMPANY   K,    1ST   O.    V.   C. 

Capt.  James  Cutler,  e.  Sept.  1,  1861;   disc.  April  20,  1863. 

Capt.  William  L.  Curry,  e.  Sept.  1,  1861;  disc.  Dec.  30,  1864. 

Sergt.  Patterson  Bradley,  e.  Sept.   23,   1861;   disc.  Aug.   7,   1862. 

Sergt.  A.  L.  Sesler,  e.  Oct.  26,  1861:   disc.  Sept.  13,  1865. 

Corp.  William  B.  Herriott,  e.  Feb.  26,  1864;   disc.  Sept.  14,  1865. 

Clark,  Sanford  P.,  e.  Dec.   5,   1861;    disc.  Feb.   11,   1863. 
*Ewing,   James   S.,  e.   Feb.,   1864;    March   19,    1864,   died. 
*Goff,  Presley  E.,  e.  Oct.  15,  1861;  July  10,  1864,  died  Anderson- 
vine  Prison. 

Garner,  Alonzo  M.,  e.   Feb.   26,   1864;    disc.  Sept.   13,   1865. 
*Lucas,  Benjamin  F.,  e.  Oct.   15,   1861;   July   23,   1862,  killed. 

Ruehlen,  Samuel  H.,  e.  Nov.  28,  1861;  disc.  Dec.  4,  1864. 

Ruehlen,  William,  e.  Sept.   28,   1861;   disc.   Oct.  6,  1864. 

COM  PAX  Y   C,    12TH   O.    Y.    C. 

*Corp.  William  S.  Channell,  e.  Sept.  7,  1863;  Aug.  10,  1864,  died. 
COMPANY   I),    12TH   O,    Y.   C. 

Adams,  Nelson  C.,  e.  Sept.   1,   1864;    disc.  June   15,   1865. 
Cary,   Isaac,  e.  Sept.   5,   18G4;   disc.  June  15,   1865. 
Hawn,   Philip,  e.   Sept.   3,   1S63;    disc.  Nov.    14,   1865. 
*Heath,   Daniel,  e.   Sept.   12,   1863;    March  30,   1864,   drowned. 

COMPANY   F,    l;JTH   O.  Y.    I.    (Throe  Mouths). 
Bain,   .lames   D.,  t>.   April    25,   1S61;    disc.    Aug.    25,    1S61. 
Wood,  Harvey  S.,  e.  April  25,    1861:   disc.  Aug.   25,  1861. 
Collmnber,  Joseph,  e.  April   25,   1861. 

COMPANY"    F,    l.rnr    O.    Y.    I.    (Three    Years). 
Bain,  David,  e.  June  5,   1861. 
*Taylor,  David  O.,  e.  June   5,   1SG1:    May   27,    1864,  killed. 

COMPANY  C,    17TH    O.   Y.    I.    (Three   Months). 
Lieut.   Daniel   Taylor,   e.   April    22,    1x61:    disc.   Aug.    15,   1861. 
Black,   James,   e.   April   22,    1861;    disc.   Aug.    15,    1861. 


Peach.  Joseph,  e.  April   22,   1x61;    disc.   Aug.    1.".   1X61. 

Durboraugh,   Washington,  e.   A]iril   '2 '2,   1  M)  1  :   disc.  Aug.   l."i,   1SG1. 

Bancroft,   \Villiain.  e.   April    22.    1st'.  1:    disc.   Aug.    15.    1X61. 
*Fleming.   Robert    P..  e.   April    22.    1x61;    disc.   Aug.    15,    1x61. 

Hill.  Andrew,  e.  April   22,   ISGl:   disc.  Aug.    15,    1X61. 

Hobert.    Leander,   e.   April    22.    IsGl:    disc.   Aug.    15,    ISGl. 

Hobert,    Lorenzo,   e.   April    22.    IsGl;    disc.   Aug.    1.".,   1861. 

Kent,   David,  e.  April   22.    Isi.'.l;   disc.   Aug.   IT.,   IsGl. 

Kile,  \Villiani  X..  e.   April   22.   1S61:    disc.  Aug.   IT.,   1X61. 

Kilbury.  .lames  M..  e.  April   22,    1X61;   disc.  Aug.   1.",   1X61. 

Langstaff,   James   G.,   e.    April    22.    IsGl:    disc.   Aug.    15,    ISGl. 

Langstal'f.  Justin  O.,  e.   April  22.   Istjl:    disc.   Aug.    15,    isGl. 

Lucas.   Benjamin  F..  e.   April  22,    ISGl:   disc.   Aug.   15,    IsGl. 

McCiung,   John.   e.   April    22,    IsGl:    disc.    Aug.    1...    1x61. 

McCtuie.   David,  e.  April   22.    1X61:    disc.   Aug.    15,    1NG1. 

McDowell.  John    P.,  e.   April    22.    1x61;    disc.    Aug.    15.    ISGl. 

Xorris,   George,  e.   April    22,    1X61;    disc.   Aug.    15.    1XG1. 

Parch,   Fsley,  ...   April   22.    IsGl:   disc.   Aug.    15.    1x61. 

Perry,  John   P.,  e.   April   22,    IsGl:   disc.  Aug.    15,   is 61. 

P^rry,  Luther,  e.  April   22.    IsGl:   disc.   Aug.   15,    1X61. 

Ruehlen,   Samuel,  e.   April    22.   1X61;    disc.   Aug.   15,    lst',1. 

Ruehlen,   William,  e.   April   22,    1x61;    disc.   Aug.    15,    ISGl. 

Stevens,    Marion,   e.    April    22.    1x61:    disc.    Aug.    15,    ixGl. 

Surface,    Reuben    \V.,   e.    April    22.    1X61:    disc.   Aug.    15,    ISGl. 

Taylor,   William,  e.   April   22.   1X61;    disc.  Aug.    15,   1x61. 

Wells,    Lewis   W..  e.   April    22.    IsGl:    disc.   Aug.    15.    ISGl. 

Williams,  John   P..  e.  April   22,   1x61:    disc.   Aug.   15.    1x61. 

COMPANY    i:.    :;OTM    O.    V.    I. 

The  <>nly  full  company  recruited  in  the  Township,  One 
hundred  and  t\vo  '  1 '  >'.J  i  nun  served  in  tiiis  company  and 
thirtv-t\V"  i -i'.' I  \\ere  killed  "r  died  of  \vonnd<  and  disease. 

Majl    Klijah   Warner,  e.    Aug.    1  H.    lstJ1:    disc.   Nov.    !».    1x64. 

'':;•.   Jamt-s    1).    Pain.   e.    Aug.    2s.    !  M;  1  ;    disc.    Aug.    13,    lxG5. 

A.-sr.   Suriri-on    Philander   P.    PfVcriy,  >•.   AUL:   5.    l^t;^:    disc.   Ajiril 
6,    !  -<'.:>,. 

Pirs;    Li'-T.    Henry    R.    P.rinkerhoff.    e.    Aug.    1!*.    1X61;    promoted 
to    Li. MIT.    Col.     2nd    Miss.    P.    S.    ('.    T. 

S.M-nnd   Li-  ;it.   Henry  HeTisel,  e.  Aug.  It.  ISGl:   disc.  May   15.   1XG2. 

>•  -r'.    Horace    Pc:ich,   e.    Aug.    !!>.    IsGl;    disc.    Aug.    :;  1 ,    1X64. 

S<  r    ;.    P.a/.il    Burion.   e.    Feb.    1.    IsGl:    disc.   Aug.    1  '.',.    lxG5. 

S.-ru'.   James  follier,  e.   Aug.    II'.    ls61:    disc.    Aug.    ]'•',.    1x65. 
-S"]-^'.   John    Pngle.  e.   An-.    IK.    1x61;    Aug.    D>.    1^6!.  died. 

S-rtr.    Hiram    Rom-y,   e.    A:i'_r.    1ft.    ls61;    disc.    July    6.    1x65. 

('  '••        H    1',,-ach,    e.    AULC.    1!'.    1MI1:    disc.    Auu.    1  :',.    !X65. 

'    ::.•  -    Hrobeck,    e.    Aim.    1  !>.    1x62:    Aug.    10.    1^64,    killed. 

fur    .  ('  I'eii  (in  ••]!.  ".   A':-.    1  I'.    1  st;i  :    Dec.    ]  r,.    !  si;:;,  di"d. 
'('o-p.    !1.  n.iamin    (Iambic.   (>.    Auir.    lit,    isc,  !;    Sept.    1.    1X6:5,    died. 

Co:         \;.   <;and"i-   Harkn.-ss.  c.  Auu'.    1  ft.    1  st',  ]  ;    di-c.   Aim.   '.',  1  .    1X64. 

>'•:••>.    '.;m.-   C,.    LaiiL'siaff.  ••.    Aug.    1  !'.    1  - ''>  !  :    disc.    Aug.    :•!  1  ,    1x64. 
.    P.ni.f    :    McCro:  >  ,   «•.    Auir.    1  I),    1  s6l  :    disc.    S-'pr.    :•!.    1  NGI1,. 

1     .      ,    John    A.    I'o:-,  r.    e.    .\nz.     I  I'.     1  si;i  :    di>c.    Aug.     1  :'.,    I  s65. 

c,,rp.    A.idison    Wells,   ..    AULT.    1ft.    1st1, 1;    disc.    \ug.    !  :', .    1X65. 

D-'virl    R..  (•.   Aiiur.    I'.i,    I1--1'!::    disc.   Jinn.    1  s.    isr,5. 
.    Milton    O.,    e.    Auir.    ]'.<.    1  -  •;  1  :    disc.    Aim.    :i  1 ,    1  s6  1. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  193 

Beach,  Joseph,  e.  Dec.   25,   1861;    disc.  June  25,   1865. 

Beaver,  William,  e.  Aug.  19,  1861;   disc.  April  13,  1863. 

Bercaw,  Jeremiah,  e.  Aug.   19,  1861;    disc.  Feb.   24,   1863. 

Borland,  William,  e.  Sept.  5,  1861;   disc.  Jan.  29,  1863. 

Brinkerhoff,  William  B,  e.   Aug.   19,   1861;    disc.  Feb.   24,   1863. 

Brown,  William  G.,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861;    disc.  Aug.   31,   1864. 

Bogan,  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  19,  1861;   disc.  Aug.  31,  1864. 

Buckley,  Joseph,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861;    disc.  Aug.   13,   1865. 

Buckley,  Samuel,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861;   disc.  Aug.   13,   1865. 

Cabo,  John,   e.   Aug.    19,    1861;    disc.   Aug.   31,    1864. 

Collier.  William,  e.  Sept.  5,  1861;   disc.  Oct.  4,   1864. 

Cowen,  James,  e.  March  10,   1862:   disc.  Aug.    17,   1863. 

Dennis,  William  H.,  e.  Aug.  29,  1861;  disc.  Aug.  13,  1865. 
*Donaldson,  David  M.,  e.  Aug.  13,  1862:  Feb.  8,  1863,  died. 
*Ellis,  Daniel  W.,  e.  Aug.  19,  1861:  March  6,  1862,  died. 

Fleck,  Thaddeus  S.,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861;    disc.  Dec.   2,  1862. 

Forquer,   Peter,  e.   March   26,   1862;    disc.   March   29,   1865. 

Freshwater,  George,  e.  Aug.  19,   1861:   disc.  Aug.  13,  1865. 
*Fultz,  John,  e.  Aug.   13.   1862;    August  15,   1863,  died. 

Graham,  Hezekiah,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861;    disc.  Aug.   13,   1865. 
*Grubb,  Benjamin  C.,  e.  Aug.  13,  1862;   May  9,  1863,  died. 

Grubb,  William,   e.   Aug.    19,   1861;    disc.   Dec.   29,   1864. 

Hahn,  William  F.,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861;   disc.  Fob.   1,  1864. 

Hahn,  William  H.,  e.  Aug.   24,  1861;   disc.  Aug.  13,  1864. 
^Hamilton,  John  B.,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861;   May  6,   1862,  died. 

Hill.  Andrew,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861;    disc.   Aug.   13,   1S65. 

llobbs,  Sylvester,  e.  Aug.   22,   1862. 

Hofliner,  Lewis,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861;    disc.  Feb.   1,   1S62. 

Huffvine,  Moses,  e.  Aug.  19,  1861;   disc.  Nov.   14,   1S62. 

HuiTvine,  William  H.,  e.  Aug.  19,  1861;  disc.  Nov.  24,  1864. 
*Houts,  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  19,  1861:   Oct.  18,  1861,  died. 
*Hudson,  Joseph,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861:   Sept.   14,  1862,  killed. 
# Jackson,    William    H.,    e.    Aug.    13,    1862;    Aug.    16,    1863,    died. 
^Johnson,  Samuel,  e.  Aug.   19,  1861;   April   29/1862,  died. 
*Langstaff,  .Tuston  O.,  e.  Sept.   5,   1861:   Nov.   25,   1863,  killed. 

Lacourse,   Alonzo,   e.   Aug.    19,    1861;    disc.   June   25,    1865. 

Lacourse,  William  C.,  e.  Aug.  24,  1861:  disc.  Aug.  31,  1864. 
-Paymaster,  David  1).;  Aug.  24,  1864,  killed. 

Mahaffy,   Alexander,  e.   Aug.    19,    1861.. 
#Marsh,   David,   e.  July    13,    1862;   July   17,   1863 

Martin,  Theodore,  o.  Aug.   19,   1861:   disc.  Aug. 

Merr.vman,  James   M.,  e.   Aug.    19,    1861:    disc. 

Moore,   Albert,   e.   March    7.    1862:    disc.    March 

Moore,   Frank   M..  e.   Aug.    19,   1861;    disc.    Aug. 

Moore,  Sylvester,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861:   disc.  Sept.  : 
*Morrow,    Henry,   e.    Aug.    13,    18(52;    Aug.    13,    1863,   died. 
-Mullen,   Kzekiel,  e    Aug.  19,   1861;    April   11,  1862,  died. 

McCumber,  Walter,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861:   disc-.  July  6,  1862. 

McOiimber,  William,  e.  Aug.   19,   1861;    disc.   Dec.   10,  1862. 
-Mi-Cumber,   Zeno,   e.    Aug.    19,    1861;    Juno    1,    1863.   died. 
*.\lclntire,   James,   c.    Aug.    24.    18(11  ;    .May    11,    1861.   died. 
*Mdmyre,  Joseph,  e.   Aug.    19,    1861:    Sent.   23,    186:',,   died. 
#McKini,    David,   e.   Aug.    19,    1861;    April    9,    1864,   died. 

Xoble,    Lewis  C.,   e.   Aug.    28,   1861:    disc.   Aug.    13,    1865. 

Xorris,  Robert,  e.  Aug.   13,   1862;   disc.   May  31,   1865. 


*Patterson.   John,   e.   Aug.    19.   1S61:    April   10,    1X62.   died. 
*Puttersor..   Robert,  e.   Aug.   1.3,    1x02:   July   2S.   ls61.   killed. 
*Perkins.   Atlas,  e.   Aug.    19,    1x61:    Oct.   3,   1X01,  died. 

Perry,    Daniel,   e.   Aug.    13,    1S62:    disc.   May   31.   Ix6.~>. 

Perry.  Luther,  e.   Aug.    19,    1S01:    disc.   Feb.   2S,   186."). 

Preston,  Thomas   H..  e.   Aug.    13,    1x02;   disc.   May   31,   1865. 

Honey.  Jesse,  e.  Aug.   19,   1X01:    disc.   Aug.   13,   1865. 

Iluehlen,  Solomon,  e.  Aug.  19,  1X01:  disc.  Nov.  4,  1S03. 

Schofield,  James,  e.  Aug.   19,    1S61;    disc.   Aug.   31,   1S64 
*Scott,  David  S.,  e.  Aug.   19,   1S01;    Feb.   26.    1X62,  died. 

Shaw.  Thomas,   e.   Aug.    13,   1X62. 

*Skinner,    Lyman   R.,   e.   Aug.    19.    1861;    July   22,    1*64,    killed. 
*Smith.   David,   e.   Aug.    13,   1S62:    Aug.    18,    1863,  died. 

Smith,  Orville  D.,  e.  Aug.   19,   1S01:   disc.  April   17,  ISO.".. 
*Stevens,   James,   e.   Aug.    19,    1  MI  1  ;    Jan.   9,    1x02,   died. 

Ste])hens.   Saulsbery.  e.   Aug.   1  9,    1S61;   disc.   Aug.   13,   lxO.~. 

Taylor.   Adam,  e.   Aug.    19,   1S01. 

Thomas,    Myron,  e.   Aug.   19.   1x61;    disc.  Aug.    13,   1X6.". 
*Trton.   Thompson   P.,   e.    Aug.    19.    1x61:    June   27,    1S64,   died. 

Wagner.  James,  e.  May  10.  ixt',4:   disc.  Aug.  13,   IXOfi. 

Wells,  William,  e.  Aug.   29.   1X01:   disc.  Sept.   1,   1S63. 

Wolfe,  John  M.,  e.  Aug.   13,  1x62. 

*Wollam.  Andrew  .!.,   e.   Aug.   19,   1X61;    June   27,   1X64,   killed. 
*Wood.    Aaron,   e.    Aug.    19,    1X02:    May   23,    1x63,   died. 

COMPAXY    I',,    :?2M)   ().    V.    I. 

Converse,   Henry  M.,  e.   Aug.   9,   1X01;   disc.  Nov.   11,   1X01. 

McDowell,   John    P..   e.   Aug.    9,    1x01:    disc.   July   20.    1S6T>. 

*McDo\vell.   Robert    X..   e.    Aug.    9.    ixfil;    Oct.    4,    1SG2.   died. 

Robinson,  John   M.,  e.   Aug.   9.   1861;    disc.  July  20,    1865. 

CO.MPAXY    <;,    :U  I  H    ().    V.    I. 

Highland.   Seth  G.,  e.   Feb.   20,    1X64;    disc.  July   27,    1S6T.. 
( 'O.MPAXY    1),    10TH    0.    V.    I. 

f'onklin.    David,   p.  Sept.    23,    1X61:    disc.   Oct.    7,   1X64. 
Ha\vn.    Philip,   ".   Sept.    V    1X61:    disc.    May    1.    1S63. 
Myers.    Flenry,  e.   Sc])t.    1.    1^02:    disc.   June   21.    lX6r>. 
'-'McDowell,   Jesse   V.,   e.   Sept.    17.    1S61;    Feb.    24,    1X62,   di.-d. 
Snodgress,   l)e] more.  e.   Aug.   3<>,   1X61;    disc.  Oct.   7,   1S64. 
Koliinson,  Samuel    I',.,  e.  Aug.   :;n,    1x61:    disc.   Oct.   7,   1864. 
Mancroft,    William.    P.    Sept.    21,    1x62;    transferred   to   Co.    I.    ."1st 
O.   V.    I. 

COMPAXY    I',.     IfSTH    0.    \.    I. 

Florriott.   \Villiani   M..  e.  Si-pt.   !i.    1X61;   disc.  July  22,   1X03. 
Pence,   David   M..  e.  Oct.   11.   1X61:   disc.  Aug.   11,   1X02. 
Williams,  J.ihn    P.,  e.  Oct.   2,    ixfil;    disc.  July   22,    1X6.">. 

COMPAXY    K,    IfiTH    (>.    \.    I. 
Corp.  Charles  S.  Comstock,  e.  Sejn.   27.   lxt;i  ;   disc.  July   |  ).  1  \02. 

COMPANY    H.     I'iTH    ().    \.    I. 

Sergi     Ammon  P.  Converse,  ...   Def.   1  1,   1^01;   disc.  July  22,  1xor>. 
James    I-:.   Crowjins.   e.  Oct.    1*'..    1X61;    Nov.  2.",  1  x63,   l-;ill"d. 

COMPANY    (i.     JfilH    0.    V.    I. 
Rucklev,   I-:d\vard    K..   e.    Nov.    17.    ]S61:    disc.   July   20.    1X66. 


History  of  Jerome  Township  195 

*Hudson,  William,  e.  Nov.  15,  1861;    Dec.  25,   1862,  died. 
*Uray,  Thomas,  e.  Nov.  21,  1861;   March  25,  1862,  died. 

COMPANY   K,  54TH  O.   V.   I. 

Sergt.  David  Cook,  e.  Nov.  16,  1861;   disc.  Sept.  22,  1862. 

Sergt.  Marion  Stevens,  e.  Nov.  30,  1861;   disc.  Aug.  15,  1865. 
*Sergt.  James  Clark,  e.  Nov.  26,  1861;   Feb.   18,  1864,  died. 

Beaver,   George,   e.   Dec.   11,   1861;    disc.   Dec.    21,    1864. 

Robert,  Lorenzo,  e.  Feb.  8,  1862;   disc.  June  19,  1862. 
*Kent,  David,  e.  Nov.  23,   1861;   July  4,   1862,  died. 

Lape,  Jeremiah,  e.   Nov.   12,   1861;    disc.  July   21,    1862. 

Lape,  Zachariah,  e.  Nov.   11,  1861;   disc.  July  21,   1862. 

Martin,  Charles,  e.  Nov.   9,  1861;   disc.  Sept.  29,  1862. 

McClung,  William,  e.  Nov.  11,  1861;  disc.  Aug.  20,  1862. 

Surface,  Reuben  W.,  e.  Nov.  23,  1861;   disc.  Dec.  21,  1864. 

Nessle,  George,  e.  Nov.  12,  1861;   disc.  Aug.   15,  1865. 

Norris,  Jacob,  e.  Feb.  26,  1864;  disc.  June  15,  1865. 

Norris,  George  K.,  e.  Nov.  23,  1861;   disc.  Aug.  15,  1865. 

COMPANY  C,   -18TH  O.   Y.   I. 

Drum  Maj.  Dunallen  Marion  Woodburn,  e.  Jan.  16,  1862;  trans- 
ferred to  the  47th  Regiment,  U.  S.  C.  T. 

COMPANY  H,   03IU)  O.   V.   T. 

*Sergt.  Eli  Casey,  e.  Dec.  12,  1861;   Oct.  4,  1862,  killed. 
COMPANY   F,    «OTH   O.   V.   I. 

*Corp.  Delmore  Robinson,  e.  Nov.  13,  1861;   July  10,  1862,  died. 

Collumber,  Jesse,  e.  Jan.  27,  1864;   disc.  June  28,  1865. 

McKitrick,  James  H.,  e.  Nov.   1861;   disc.  June  28,   1865. 

Smith,  Jacob  H.,  e.  Nov.   28,   1861;    disc,  March  27,   1863. 

Smith,  John  T.,  e.  Nov.  28,  1861;   disc.  June  28,  1865. 
*Stithem,  Leonard,  e.  Nov.  30,   1861;   Jan.  20,   1862,  died. 

COMPANY  H,  (J6TH  O.  Y.  I. 

«Shineman,  David,  e.  Oct.   14,   1861. 

COMPANY  F,  82N1)  O.  Y.  I. 

Oliver,  Alexander  H.,  e.  Oct.  4,  1864;  disc.  May  26,  1865. 
COMPANY  F,  85TH  O.   V.    I. 

*Smeck,  Henry,  e.  June  6,   1862;    Sept.   23,   1862,  died. 
COMPANY  F,   8(JTH    O.  A'.   I.    (Three  Months), 

Beach,  William,  e.  June  3,   1862;   disc.  Sept.  25,   1862. 
Beaver,  John,  e.  June  3,  1862;  disc,  Sept.  25,  1862. 
Beaver,  Nathaniel,  e.  June  3,  1862;  disc.  Sept.  25,  1S62. 
Chapman,  James,  e.  June  3,  1862;  disc.  Sept.  25,  1862. 
Huffvine,  Lewis,  e.  June  3,  1862;   disc.  Sept.  25,  1862. 
J'osr,  Frank  W.,  e.  June  3,  1862:   di.sc.  Sept.  25,   1862. 
Robinson,  Chester  L.,  e.  June  3,  1862;   disc.  Sept.  25,  1862. 
Robinson,  David  G.,  e.  June  3,  1862:   disc.  Sept,  25,    1862. 

COMPANY  I?,  8GTH  O.  Y.   I.    (Six  Months). 

Corp.   II.   L.  Woodburn,  e.  June  26,    1863:   disc.   Feb.   10,  1864. 
Collier,  Arthur,  e.  July   13,   1863:   disc.   Feb.   10,   1S64. 
#Curry.  Addison,  e.  June  26,   1863;    Ocr.   2,   1863,  died. 
Gill,  Andrew,  e.  July  28,  1863:   disc.  Feb.   10,  1S64. 


19G 

Hohn,  Daniel,  e.  July  28,  1863:  disc.  Feb.  10,  1864. 

Hopkins.  LaFayette  B.,  e.  June  2f>,  1863:   disc.  Feb.  10,  1864. 

Kahler,  Henry,  e.  July  12,  1863:   disc.   Feb.   10,   1X64. 
*Ketch,   Lewis,  e.  June   20,   1863;    Feb.   10,   1SG4,  killed. 

Moffitt,  John,  e.  June  20,   1863;   disc.   Feb.   10,   1SG4. 

McCampbell.  William,  e.  June  23,   1SG3:   disc.  Feb.   10,   1S64. 

McXeal.  William,  e.  June   20,  1S63;    disc.   Feb.   10,    1864. 

Robinson,  liner,  e.  June  2G,   1863;   disc.  Feb.   10.  1864. 

Wise,  Fli,  e.  June  22,   1S63:   disc.  Feb.   10,    1864. 
*Wise.   William,   e.   June  29,   1863:    Jan.   4,   1864,   died. 

Woodburn,  Heber.  e.  July  28,  1863:    disc.  Feb.   1",  1864. 

COMPANY  1),   88TH   O.   V.    I. 

Cor]).   Isaac  Mummy,  e.  Oct.   1,  1862:   disc.   Aug.   12,  1864. 

Be-hard,  James  H..  e.  Oct.   1.   1x62:    disc.  .July   3,   186.". 

Fleck.  William  H.  H.,  e.  May  14.   1863:   disc.  July  3,   1x65. 
*Fulk,  William,  e.  Oct.   1.   1862:   April   12.   1S63.  died. 

Jackson,  James,  e.  Oct.  1,  1S62:   disc.  March  4,  1X65. 
*McIntyre.  George  F.,  e.  Oct.   1.  1x62;   Jan.   22,  1,864.  died. 

Mummy,  Jacob,  e.   Oct.    1.   1862:    disc.   July   3.   186."). 

Xorris,  Jacob,  e.  Oct.   1.    Is62:   disc.  Oct.  2.  1863. 

Wise.  David  B.,  e.  March  7,  1863:   disc.  July  3,  1867,. 

COMPANY    H,   XSTH  O.   V.   I. 

Beard,   Forrester  I..,  e.  July  22.   1863;    disc.  July  3,   1865. 
COMPANY   H,   91'!  If  O.  V.    I. 

Capt.  Andrew  Gowans,  e.  Aug.  7,   1862:   disc.  June  5.  186."). 
COMPANY  A,  O.Vm,  O.   V.  1. 

Sergt,   Daniel  W.  Kllis,  e.  Aug.   13,   1862;   disc.  Aug.   14,  186.". 
COMPANY    I),   !)r>T!I   O.    V.    I. 

O'Harra,  William,  e.  Aug.  8,   l\f,2;   disc.  Jan.   6,   1863. 
COMPANY    K.   fKVH!    O.   V.    1. 

Allen.   Benjamin    F.,  e.   Auir.    11,    1X62:    disc.  June   20.   1,86.". 
Allen,   Calvin   J.,  e.   Aug.    11.    lxG2:    disc.   Feb.    2,    l^t',3. 
*  Beard,    S.    B.,   e.    Aug.    11,    lsG2;    June    17,    1  s64,   died. 
Be-hard,  .lames  F.,  e.   Auir.    11.   ls62;    disc.  Aug.    1  !.    1  s6.~>. 
Chief    Musician    Clark    L.    Barlow,    e.    Aug.     11.    1^6_':    disc.    June 

2  • ' ,    1  N  G  t . 

Bethard.   William,  e.    Aug.    11.    1862:    disc.    March    17,   1863. 
Myers,   Jacob,   e.    Aii'4.    11,    1862:    disc.   June    !».    186.".. 
Met  'I'lnir,  John,  e.   I  >ec.   »',,    1x62. 
Williams.  John   1'.,  e.   Aug.    11,   1^62:    disc.   April   11,   1X63. 

COMPANY  K.  <M;TM  o.  v.  I. 

*>er-t.    Wm.    D.    Lau^head,   e.    Ana:.    6,    lxc.2:    N'ov.    2x,    1M12.   di(>d. 

Serm.    \ndr>'W  J.  Smiih.  e.  Aim'.   ii.    1X62:   disc.  Nov.    1  v,   ixG}. 

.-'    —•     [{ober-   A.  Liggett,  e.  Aug.   6,    1X62:   disc.  July  7.    1x6". 

C.irp.  '':,•(,}•'.:••  BTler.  e.  Aug.  6.   1862:   disc.  July  7.    1x67,. 

Corp.    David   KdwanK  >'.   Aim.    6.    lxG2:    disc.    Fel).    20.    1863. 

C'    '    .   Thompson  O..  e.    Fen.    2'.i,    ixGl:    disc.   March    *,    IXGG. 
'';:•••:!.    William  J.,  <•.   Feb.   23.    1  sG  i  ;    Jul:    23.   1^U,  died. 

Co wans,   A.   IV.  e.   Auir.   6.    1.XG2:    disc.  July   7,   !xG.". 

K    ;.'     William,  e.   Aug.   6,   1x62;    disc.  Dec.   24.   1862. 


History  of  Jerome  Townslnp  197 

Liggett,  William  M.,  e.  Feb.  29,  1864;   disc.  March  8,  1866. 
*Liggett,  Alfred  P.,  e.  Feb.  11,  1864;  Sept.  15,  1864,  died. 
*Mitchell,  George  W.,  e.  Aug.   4,   1862;    Feb.   11,  1863,  died. 

Morford,   John  W.,  e.  Aug.   4,   1862;    disc.   July  7,   1865. 

McGill,  Edgar,  e.  Feb.  13,   1864;   disc.  March  8,   1866. 

McCampbell,  James  L.,  e.  Aug.  4,  1862;   disc.  June  4,  1863. 

Mclntire,  David,  e.  Aug.  4,  1862;  disc.  July  7,  1865. 

Mclntire,  George,  e.  Aug.  22,  1864;  disc.  July  7,  1865. 
*Xonnemaker,  Jacob,  e.  Aug.  4,  1862;   Jan.  20,  1863,  died. 
*Perry.  Jesse  X.,  e.  Aug.  4,  1862;   Jan.  9,  1863,  died. 
*Ruehlen,  George  W.,  e.  Aug.  6,  1862;   Oct.  4,  1864,  died. 

Woodburn,  David  H.,  e.  Feb.  29,  1864;   disc.  March  8,  1866. 

COMPANY  F,    9GTH  O.   V.    I. 

Williams,  William  H.,  e.  Aug.  7,  1862;   disc.  July  7,  1865. 

COM  PAX  V  K,  110TH  O.  V.  T. 
Heath,  George  W.,  e.  May  3,  1864;  disc.  June  25,  1865. 

COMPANY  H,  11JJTH  O.  V.  I. 

Hudson,  David,  e.  Aug.   14,   1862;   disc.  July  6,   1865. 
#Sinsel,  William,  e.  Aug.  12,  1862;  Feb.  9,  1863,  died. 

COMPANY  A,   121ST  O.  Y.  I. 

Capt.  Otway  Curry,  e.  Aug.  15,  1862;   disc.  June  8,  1865. 
Corp.    Stephenson   B.    Cone,    e.    Aug.    15,    IS 62;    disc.    March    20, 

1865. 

Cone,  James  C.,  e.  Aug.  15,  1862;   disc.  July  6,  1865. 
*Cone,    Otway    B.,    e.    Aug.    15,    1862;    July    21,    1864,    died    of 

wounds  received  June  27,  1864. 

Curry,  David,  e.  Aug.  15,  1862;  disc.  July  12,  1865. 
McClung,  John,  e.  Aug.   8,  1862. 
Warner,  Joshua  C.,  e.  Aug.   9,  18G2;   disc.  June  24,  1865. 

COMPANY  H,   121ST  O.  V.  T. 

Baker,  Bernard,  e.  Aug.  17,  1SG2;  disc.  July  14,  1865. 
COMPANY  T,    121ST  O.  V.    I. 

*Lieut.    Robert    F.    Fleming,    e.    Aug.    16,    1862;    Sept.    20,    1863, 
killed. 

Corp.  John  X.  Bryan,  e.  Aug.  3,  1862;  disc.  June  8,  1865. 

Corp.  J.  M.  Fookes,  c.  Aug.   IS,  1862;   disc.  June  8,   1865. 
*Ketch,  Lewis  J.,  e.  Feb.   22,  1864;   Aug,   6,   1864,  killed. 

Lamme,  Bowin  J.,  e.  Aug.  16,  1862;   disc.  March  30,  1863. 

Patch,  Esley,  e.  Aug.   16,  1S62;   disc.  June  8,  1865. 

Patch,  Harmon,  e.  Aug.  19,  1862;   disc.  July  15,   1865. 

COMPANY  C,   128TH   O.  Y.  T. 

Carson,  Andrew  L.,  e.  Aug.  14,  1862:  disc.  June  5,  1865. 
Carson,  Samuel  H.,  e.  May  1,  1862;   disc.  June  5,   1865. 

COMPANY  G,   129TH  O.  Y.   I. 

Sergt.    Chester   L.    Robinson,   e.    July    21,    1863;    disc.    March    8, 

1 S  6  4  . 

Clark,  James,  e,  July  24,   1863;   disc.  March   S.   1S64. 
Edwards,  Fesius,  e.  July  22,   1863:   disc.  March  8,   1864. 
Huffvine,  Lewis,  e.  July  20,  1863;   disc.  March  8,  1864. 


[OS  Hist<>r\  of  Jerome  Township 

COMPANY  K,  l:*:WI>  <).  V.  I. 

Sergt.    Edward    S.    Churchman,    e.    May    2,    1SG4:    disc.    Aug.    20, 
i  s  6  4 . 

Corp.  Lucas  B.  Goff,  o.  May  2,  1864:   disc.  Aug.  20,  1SC4. 
Pence,  David  M..  e.   May  2,   1ST,  1;   disc.   Aug.   20,   1864. 

COMPANY  K,  i:*:mi>  O.  V.  I. 

Evans,  Benjamin  W.,  e.  May  2,   1864;   disc.  Aug.   20,  1864. 
Goff,  Tillman,  e.  May  2,  1864;   disc.  Aug.  20,  1SG4. 
South,  Samuel,  e.  May  2,  1864;   disc.  Aug.  20,  1S64. 

COMPANY  H,   1:$(JTH  O.  Y.   I. 

Ryan,  Nathaniel,  e.  May  2,  1S64:  disc.  Aug.  31,  1SG4. 
COMPANY  K,   i:M5TH  O.   Y.  I. 

Lieut.  Bowen  .1.  Eamme,  e.  May  2.  1x64;   disc.  Aug.  31,  1864. 
Sergt.  William  Green,  e.  May  2,  1X64;  disc.  Aug.  31,  1864. 
Sergt.  James  Guy.  p.  May  2.  1864:   disc.  Aug.  31,  1864. 
Corp.   Isaac  D.  Mapes,  e.  May   2,    1864;   disc.  Aug.  31.   1864. 
Corp.   David  McCune,  e.  May  2,   1S64:   disc.  Aug.   31,   1864. 
Corp.  John  Q.  Adams,  e.  May  2,  1864;   disc.  Aug.  31,   1864. 
Corp.  John  McCullough,  e.  May  2,  1864:   disc.  Aug.  31,  1864. 
Chapman.  James  F.,  e.  May  2,   1864:   disc.  Aug.   31,  1864. 
Dall.   Francis,  e.   May   2,   1864:    disc.   Aug.   31,   1864. 
Kahler.   Henry,  e.  May  2.   1*64:   disc.  Aug.   31.   1864. 
Kent,  Marion,  e.  May  2.  1864;   disc.  Aug.   31,   1864. 
Kent.  William,  e.  May  2,  1864;   disc.  Aug.   31,  1864. 
McCullough.  Zenis  ().,  e.  May  2,  1864;   disc.  Aug.  31,  1864. 
McCune.  Xachariah.  e.  May  2,  1864;   disc.  Aug.  31,  1864. 
Mapes,  Jacob,  e.  May  2,   1S64:   disc.  Aug.   31.   1S64. 
Martin,   George,   e.   May   2.    1S64;    disc.   Aug.   31,   1864. 
Manin.  William,  e.   May  2.   1864;    disc.   Aug.   31.    1864. 
Xonni'inakor.  Samuel  S.,  e.  May  2.   1864;    disc.   Aug.   31,   1864. 
Preston,  M.  A.,  e.  May  2.  1864:   disc.  Sept.   1.   1865. 
Paien.  William,  e.   May   2.   1864;    disc.  July  20.   1864. 
Ruehlen,  Jacob,  e.  May  2,  1S(M:  disc.  Aug.  31.   1864. 
Scott.   John   M..   e.    May    2.    1*61:    disc.    Aug.    31.    1864. 
Tarpeninir,   Ira.  e.  May   2.   1864;    disc.  Aug.   31,   1864. 
Warner.   Isaac  H.,  e.   May  2.  1864;   disc.  Aug.  31.   1864. 
Wilcox.  William,  e.  May  2.  1864:   disc.  Auc.  31.  1x64. 
Windall.  Jacob,  o.   May  2,   1X64:   disc.  Aug.  31.  1864. 
Windall.  Joseph,  e.   May   2,   1864:    disc.  Aug.   31,   1x64. 

COMPANY   K.    M.VTM   O.  Y.  1. 

Bowersmith,  Jacob,  p.  May  10.   1861;   disc.  Aug.  23,  1864. 
COMPANY    H.    17ITH  O.   \.   1. 

Corp.   Robert   E.   Benson,  e.  Aug.  20,  1864:   disc.  Juno  28,  1865. 
Benson.  John,   e.   Aug.   20.    1x61;    disc.  June   2S.   186".. 
Beach.  Amos.  e.  Aim.  16.  1864:   disc.  June  28.  1x6.".. 
Edwards.  George  C.,  P.   Aug.   2".   1864;   disc.  June  2X,  186". 
Oliver,  James,  e.  Aug.  20.   1864:   disc.  June  28,   186".. 
Oliver.  William   M..  e.   Aug.   20.   I^Cl;   disc.   May  3u.  1X6.". 
Swank,  Thomas  I...  e.  Sept.  1.  1x64:   disc.  June  28,  1x65. 

COMPANY  C,    17  ITU   O.   Y.   I. 
Charles  M.  Adams,  e.  Aug.  30,  1864:  disc.  June  28,  1865. 


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McKitrick,  David  F.,  e.  Sept.   3,   1864;   disc.  May  22,   1865. 
Myers,  Henry  A.,  e.  Aug.   30,  1864;   disc.  June  28,   1865. 
Perry,  Albert  T.,  e.  Aug.   19,  1864;   disc.  June  28,  1865. 
Perry,  Chas.  W.,  e.  Aug.  22,  1864;   disc.  June  28,  1865. 
Perry,  Ezra,  e.  Sept.  3,  1864;  disc.  June  29,  1865. 
Wells,  Marvel  W.,  e.  Sept.  IT,  1864;  disc.  June  28,  1865. 

COMPANY  B,  18GTH  O.  V.  I. 

Roney,  Chas.  M.,  e.  Feb.  21,  1865;  disc.  Sept.  18,  1865. 
COMPANY  B,   187TH  O.  V.  I. 

Corp.  James  Curry,  e.  Feb.  6,  1865;  disc.  Jan.  20,  1866. 
Corp.  James  G.  Langstaff,  e.  Feb.  13,  1865;   disc.  Jan.  20,  1866. 
Beathard,  Charles  W.,  e.  Feb.  6,  1865;   disc.  Jan.  20,  1866. 
Brake,  Lewis  A.,  e.  Feb.  15;   1865;  disc.  Jan.  20,  1866. 
Collier,  Arthur,  e.  Jan.  31,  1865;   disc.  Jan.  20,  1866. 
Dickson,  Adelbert,  e.  Jan.   13,   1865;   disc.  Aug.  14,  1865. 
Edwards,  Festus,  e.  Feb.   14,   1865;    disc.  Jan.   20,  1866. 
Hawn,  Philip  M.,  e.  Feb.  15,  1865;   disc.  Jan.  20,  1866. 
McCampbell,  Addison,  e.  Feb.  14,  1865;  disc.  Jan.  20,  1866. 
Post,  Frank  W.,  e.  Jan.  15,  1865;   disc.  Jan.  20,  1866. 
Romine,  Henry  C.,  e.  Jan.  7,  1865;   disc.  Jan.  20,  1866. 
Romine,  Jacob  M.,  e.  Feb.  3,  1865;  disc.  Jan.  20,  1866. 
Woodburn,  Heber,  e.  Feb.  14,  1865;   disc.  Jan.  20,  1866. 

COMPANY  C,  191 ST  O.  V.  I. 

Lieut.  Henry  Hensel,  e.  March  2,  1865;  disc.  Aug.  27,  1865. 
Lattimer,  David  B.,  e.  Feb.  25,  1865;   disc.  Aug.  27,  1865. 

COMPANY  B,  197TH  O.  V.  I. 

Lape,  Emanuel,  e.  March  23,  1865;   disc.  July  31,  1865. 
COMPANY   1,   27TH  U.   S.  C.  T.    I. 

Butcher,  Joseph,  e.  Aug.   29,   1864;   disc.  Sept.  4,  1865. 
EIGHTEENTH  U.  S.  I. 

*Beal,  George,  died. 

*Converse,  H.  G.,  e.  March  12,  1862,  died. 

Converse.  Jasper,  e.  Aug.  27,  1861;  disc.  Aug.  27,  1864. 
*Ditmus,  Gotfried,  died. 

Kahler,  Joseph,  e.  Aug.  6,  1861;   disc.  March  7,  1867. 

McClung,  James,  e.  March  4,  1862;  disc.  1S65. 

Patch,  Lemuel. 
*Rider,  Henry,  died. 
*Stierhoff.   George,   Dec.    31,    1862,   killed. 

Swank,  George  W. 
*Williams,  David,  died. 
-Latham,  Alexander,  died  Nashville,  Tenn.,  April  2,   1863. 

EOl  RTY-SEYENTFI   REGIMENT,    1.    S.    C.   T. 

Dunallen  M.  Woodburn,  drum  major,  transferred  from  the  Fifty- 
eighth  Regiment,  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry:   disc.  Jan.  5,1866. 

SEYENTH     OHIO    INDEPENDENT    SHAHPSFTOOTEKS. 

Capt.  William  McCrory,  e.  Oct.   S,  18G2;   disc.  July  28,   1865. 
Dickson,  Samuel,  e.  Oct.   11,   1862;   disc.  Sept.  8,  1863. 


500 

TENTH    OHIO   HATTER Y    LIGHT   ARTILLERY. 

Adams,  Charles  M.,  e.  Doc.  23,  IsGl:  disc.  Jan.  16,  1S63. 
I .  S.  NAVY. 

Daniel  R.  Cone  served  on  "Baron  De  Kalb"  and  other  gunboats 

of  Mississippi  Squadron. 
Llewellyn  I?.   Curry  served   as  Major  and   Paymaster  on   "Baron 

De  Kalk"  and  other  gunboats  of  Mississippi  Squadron. 

SIGNAL  CORPS. 

George  W.  Lattimer. 

COMPANY  1),  J)TH   MINNESOTA   INFANTRY. 

Kent,  Philo. 

INDIANA  INFANTRY. 

*Hill,  James,  regiment  unknown,  died  in  service  Feb.  1,  1864. 
JAMES  HILL. 

James  Hill  died  Feb.  1,  1S6L  He  was  an  English  boy  who 
had  been  in  the  United  States  but  a  few  years.  He  died  in  the 
service,  and  his  remains  are  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  New 
California.  Every  effort  to  ascertain  his  service  has  failed,  but 
he  served  in  an  Indiana  Regiment.  The  service  of  this  young  boy, 
who  gave  his  life  in  defense  of  his  adopted  country,  must  be 
marked  "unknown." 

SQUIRREL    HUNTERS,    SEPTEMUER,    1862. 

Capt.   James   S.   Ewing  Huff,  L.  G. 

Beard,   David   D.  Kimerly,    Frederick 

Beard,  Forester  Kilbury,   James 

Curry,    Addi.son  McCune.  Zachariah 

Don.  J.   B.  Taylor.    John 

Evans.   Rev.   B.   D.  Wilcox.    William 

Ewing,   Salatheil  Windle.  Joseph 

Fleck.   W.   H.  Wise,  Samuel 

JEROME    TOWNSHIP. 

The  following  named  soldiers  who  enlisted  in  the  Town- 
ship  were  Commissioned  Officers: 

Majors. 

Maj.   Llewellyn  B.   Curry  Maj.  Elijah  Warner 

Captains. 

James    Cmler  C;ipt.  James  D.   Bain 

Or  way    Curry  Capt.   William   McCrory 

W.    L.   Curry 

Surgeon. 
Asst.  Surg.   P.   F.   Beverly. 

Lieutenants. 

First    Lieut.    H.    R.    Brinkerhoff,    promoted    TO    Lieutenant 

Colonel,    U.    S.    A. 

S'      'lid     f.ieur.    Henry    Hense]  Lieut.    Robert   F.    Fleming 

!.:•    it.    Daniel   Tavlor  Li"ut.   B.   J.  Lamme 


History  of  Jerome  Toi^nship  201 

SPANISH  WAR. 

Jerome  Township. 

Colonel  George  Ruehlen,  Quartermaster,  U.  S.  Army. 

James  Beaver,  Company  D,  Fourth  O.  V.  I. 

Wassen  Beaver,  Company  D,  Fourth  O.  V.  I. 

Wm.  Wise,  Company  D,  Fourth  O.  V.  I. 

John  Parmenter,  Company  G,  First  O.  V.  C. 

Thomas  Parmenter,  Company  G,  First  O.  V.  C. 

Irwin  Patch,  Company  G,  First  O.  V.  C. 

Chester  M.  Fletcher,  Company  I,  Seventeenth  U.  S.  I. 

Harry  Hill,  Company  I,  Seventeenth  U.  S.  I. 

Wm.  Peaks,  Company  I,  Seventeenth  U.  S.  I. 

AVAR  OF  REVOLUTION — 1776. 

Col.  James  Curry  served  in  the  Fourth  and  Eighth  Virginia  In- 
fantry,   Continental    Line,   eight   years. 
Henry   Shover  served   in  Virginia  Regiment. 

WAR  OF  1812. 

Capt.  James  A.  Curry  Provin,   Clark 

Alder,  Jonathan  Dort,  Titus 

Buck,  James  Donelson,  James  E. 

Kent,  Daniel  Ewing,  Scott 

Kent,   John  Ewing,   Donelson 

Shover,  Simon  Hemenway,  F. 

Shover,  Adam  Hoyt,  Elijah 

Xoteman,  Andrew  Kent,  James 

Taylor,  William  Kent,  William 

Ricard,  Simon  Sager,   Abraham 

Adams,   Christian  Barlow,    Major   Edmund 
McClung,   Joseph 

MEXICAN  WAR — 1840. 

Cutler,  James,  Second  U.  S.  I. 

Clevenger,    William    W.,    Company    E,    Fourth    O.    V.    I.,    e.    May 

12,  1847;   disc.  July  18,  1848. 
Lamme,  William,  service  not  known. 
Oliver,   Alexander   G.,    Company   E,   Fourth   O.   V.   I.,   e.   May   12, 

1847;  disc.  July  18,  1848. 

NAMES    OF    SOLDIERS    BURIED    IN    THE    CEME- 
TERIES OF  JEROME  TOWNSHIP. 
NEW  CALIFORNIA  CEMETERY. 
Civil  AVar. 

Robert  X.  McDowell  Joseph  Porter 

William  Little  James  E.   Gowans 

Jesse  V.   McDowell  Leonard   A.   Stithem 

Daniel  Straw  James  Hill 

George  F.   McTntire  Henry  Smeck 

James   McClung  Frederick   J.   Himlerer 

Andrew  J.   Murray  William   Wise 

Dnvid  Bain  Otway  P>.   Cone 
Charles   S.   Comstock 

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Historv  rf  Jerome 


War  of   1812. 

William   Taylor 
Elijah  Hoyt 

Mexican  War. 

William  Lamme 

JEROME  CEMETERY. 

Civil  War. 

Charles  Beach 
Calab   Green 
Robert  Patterson 
D.  R.  Ashbaugh 

War  of   1812. 

Christian  Adams 
EWIXG  CEMETERY. 
Civil  War. 

Samuel    B.   Beard 
War  of  1812. 

Scott   Kwing 

MITCHELL    (CEMETERY. 

Simon    Rickard 

CIRRY  CEMETERY. 
War  of  1812. 

James  Buck 

War  of  the  Revolution. 

Colonel   James   Curry,   buried   July   (\,    ]S34;    remains   removed   to 
Oakdale  Cemetery,   Marysville,  Ohio. 


Joseph  McClung 
Capt.  James  A.  Curry 


William  Clevenger 


Joseph   Beach 
Henry  Hensel 
John   Patterson 
Robert  Xorris 
Hobbs  Jackson 

Titus  Dort 


James  E.  Ewing 


James   E.    Donaldson 


OUR    HEROIC    DEAD. 

Names   of  Jerome   Township    Soldiers   Who   Died   in   the 

Army. 
COMPANY   K,    1ST   O.   V.    C. 

James  Ewing,  died  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  March  19,  1864. 
Presley  E.  Goff,  died  in  Andersonville  Prison  of  wounds. 
Benjamin  F.  Lucas,  killed  at  Courtland,  Ala.,  July  23,  1862. 

COMPANY  I),    12TH  O.  Y.  C. 

Daniel  Heath,   drowned  in  the  Ohio  River,  March  30,   1S64. 
COMPANY  C,    12TH  O.  Y.  C. 

William  S.   Channell,  died  in  hospital  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  August 
10,    1864. 

COMPANY  F,    13TH   O.   Y.   I. 

David  O.  Taylor,  killed  at  New  Hope  Church,  Ga.,  May  27,  1864. 
Joseph  Collumber,  died  in  hospital  at  Louisville,  Ky.,   1864. 

COMPANY  E,   30TH  O.   V.   I. 

John  B.  Engle,  killed  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  August  10,  1864. 
Andrew  J.  Wollam,  killed  near  Atlanta,  Ga.,  August  10,   1864. 
Benjamin    Gamble,    died    September    1,    1863,    in    hospital    at    St. 

Louis,  Mo. 
James   Brobeck,    killed    in    action   near   Atlanta.    Ga.,    August    10, 

1864. 
David  M.  Donaldson,  died  in  hospital  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  February 

8,  1863. 

Daniel  W.  Ellis,  died  in  hospital  at  Camp  Union,  Va.,  May  6,  1862. 
John  Fultz,  died  near  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  July  24,  1863. 
Benjamin  Grubb.  died  at  Young's  Point,  La.,  May  9,  1863. 
Caleb  Green,  died  December  16,   1863,  at  Columbus,  O. 
Joseph  Hudson,  killed  in  action  near  South  Mountain,   Md.,  Sep- 
tember  14,   1862. 
John  E.   Hamilton,  died  in  hospital  at  Camp  Union,  Va.,  May  6, 

1862. 
Joseph   Houtz,    died    in   hospital,    Cam])    Ewing,    Va.,    October    IS, 

1861. 
Joseph  Mclntyre,  died  while  at  home  on  furlough,  September  23, 

1863. 

James  Mclntyre,  died  in  hospital  at  Columbus,  O.,  May  11,  1864. 
David    McKim,    died    while    en    route    home    on    veteran    furlough, 

April    9,    18 64. 

Zeno  McCumber,  died  at  Van  Buren   Hospital,   La.,  June  1,   1863. 
Ezekiel   Mullen,   died   in   hospital   at  Camp   Union,   Va.,   April    11 

1862. 
Henry  Morrow,  died  on  United  States  hospital  steamer  McDougal, 

August    13,    1863. 

David  Marsh,  died  in  hospital  at  Jackson.  Miss.  July  17,   1863. 
Robert    Patterson,    killed    at    Atlanta.    Ga.,   August    24.    1864. 
John  Patterson,  died  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  April   16.   1862. 


204  History  of  Jci'iiinc  Township 

Atlas   Perkins,   died  at  Gauley's  Bridge  Hospital,  Va.,  October  3, 

1861. 

Lyman  B.  Skinner,   killed  at   Atlanta,   Ga.,  July   22,   1864. 
David    Smith,    died    in    regiment    hospital,    Camp    Sherman,    Miss., 

August  is.  1st;;',. 
David    S.    Scott,    died    in    hospital   at   Camp   Union,   Va.,    February 

26,  1862. 

Thompson  I'rton,  killed  at  Keneaaw  Mountain,  Ga.,  June  27,  1864. 
Aaron  Wood,  died  in  hospital  at  Young's  Point,  La.,  May  23,  1863. 
James  Stephens,  died  in  regiment  hospital  at  Camp  Union,  Va., 

January    9,    1S62. 
Samuel  Johnson,  died  in  hospital  at  Camp  Union,  Va.,  April   29, 

1862. 
William    H.   Jackson,    died   in   hospital   at   St.    Louis,    Mo.,   August 

16,    1863. 
Juston    O.    Langstaff,    killed    at    Mission    Ridge,    Tenn.,    November 

25,    lx£3. 
David  D.  Laymaster,  killed  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  August  24,   1864. 

COMPANY   15,    :?2M)   O.    V.    I. 

Robert   X.   McDowell,   died  in  prison  at  Winchester,  Va.,   October 
4,    1862. 

COMPANY    I),    40TH    O.    V.   I. 

Jesse  B.  McDowell,  drowned  in  Big  Sandy  River  at  Piketon,  Ky., 
February,    1862. 

COMPANY    H,    1CJTH    O.    V.   I. 

James    K.    Gowans,    killed   November   25,    1863,   at   Mission    Ridge, 
Tenn. 

COMPANY'    K,    IOTH   O.   V.    I. 

William    Hudson,    died    June,    1862.    at    Memphis.    Tenn. 
COMPANY    K,   51TII    O.   V.    I. 

James   Clark,  died   ai   home. 

David  Cook,  died  at  home. 

David   Kent,  died  July  6,   1X61.  a;   Nickojack   Creek.   Ga. 

COMPANY   H,   (>:?KI>   O.   V.    I. 

Eli  .1.   Casey,   killed   at   Corinth,   Miss.   October  4,   1x62. 

COMPANY    F,    (HiTH    O.    V.    I. 
Dclmore  Robinson,  died  July  in,   1X62,  in  hospital,  Alexandria,  Va. 

COMPANY    F,    Will!    O.    V.    I. 
Leonard   Stitheni,   d;»-d   at   Urbana,   O.,   January   20.    1862. 

COMPANY    H,    CiOTH    C).    V.    I. 
David  Shinneman,  died  Cumberland,   Md. 

COMPANY    F.    8.TIH    O.    V.    I. 
Henry   Smeck,   died   at   home. 

COMPANY  IJ,  MiTH  O.   \.   I.    (Six  Months). 
.lames  A.  Curry,  died  ;<t   Crab  Orchard.   Ky  ,  October  2.   1x63. 

Wisp,    Ji"d    n\    C'imberland    Gap.   Tenn..   January    !.    1x64. 


Plistory  of  Jerome  Tozvitship  205 

COMPANY  D,   88TH  O.   V.  I. 

William  Fulk,  died  at  Camp  Chase,  Columbus,  O.,  April  2,  1863. 
George   F.   Mclntire,    died   in   hospital,   January   22,    1864. 

COMPANY  K,   95TH  O.   V.   I. 

S.  B.  Beard,  died  June  17,  1864,  in  hospital  at  Memphis,  Tenn. 
COMPANY  K,   96TH  O.  V.   I. 

Jesse  N.  Perry,  died  on  board  the  Hiawatha,  January  9,  1863. 

William  D.  Laughead,  died  in  hospital  at  Nicholasville,  Ky.,  No- 
vember  28,    1862. 

George  W.  Mitchell,  died  at  St.  Louis,  February  11,  1863. 

Jacob  Nonnemaker,   died   on  board   hospital  steamer  near  Vicks- 
burg,  January  20,   1863. 

George  W.   Reuhlen,  died  at  Baton  Rouge,  La.,  October  4,   1864. 

Alfred  P.  Liggett,  died  at  home  while  in  the  service,  September 
15,  1864. 

William  J.  Green,  drowned  in  Mississippi  River,  at  New  Orleans, 
July  23,  1864. 

18TH  U.  8.  INFANTRY. 

George  Stierhoff,  killed  at  Stone  River,  Tenn.,  December  31,  1862. 

Gotfried  Ditmus,  died  in  service. 

H.  G.  Converse,  died  March  12,  1862. 

George  Beal,  died  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  1862. 

David  Williams,  died  in  the  service. 

Henry  Rider,  killed  at  Ringgold,  Ga.,  1863. 

Alexander  Latham,  died  at  Nashville,  April  2,  1863. 

COMPANY  A,   121ST  O.  V.  I. 

Otway  B.  Cone,  died  July  21,   1864,  in  hospital  at  Chattanooga. 
Tenn.,  of  wounds  June  27. 

COMPANY  I,    121 ST  O.  V.   I. 

Robert  F.   Fleming,   killed   at   Chickamauga,   Ga.,   September   20, 

1863. 

Lewis  J.  Ketch,  killed  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  August  6,  1864. 
James  Hill  served  in  an  Indiana  regiment  and  died  in  the  army. 


Index  to  Regimental  Histories 

CIVIL  WAR. 

FIRST    OHIO    CAVALRY 80 

TWELFTH   OHIO   CAVALRY 86 

THIRTEENTH    O.    V.    1 91 

SEVENTEENTH  O.  V.   1 94 

THIRTIETH   O.   V.    1 95 

THIRTY-SECOND  O.  V.  1 99 

THIRTY-FOURTH   O.   V.   1 103 

FORTIETH  0.  V.  1 104 

FORTY-SIXTH    0.   V.    1 106 

FIFTY-FOURTH  O.  V.   1 1U7 

FIFTY-EIGHTH    O.    V.    1 109 

SIXTY-THIRD  O.  V.   I Ill 

SIXTY-SIXTH   O.  V.   1 112 

EIGHTY-SECOND   O.   V.    1 114 

EIGHTY-SIXTH  0.  V.   I.    (3  months) 117 

EIGHTY-SIXTH  O.  V.   I.    (6  months) 118 

EIGHTY-FIFTH    O.   V.    1 118 

EIGHTY-EIGHTH   O.   V.   1 120 

NINETY-FOURTH   0.   V.   1 121 

NINETY-FIFTH    0.    V.    1 123 

NINETY-SIXTH    O.    V.    1 125 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TENTH  O.  V.  1 129 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  THIRTEENTH  O.  V.  1 130 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY-FIRST  0.  V.  1 132 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY-EIGHTH  0.  V.  1 137 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY-NINTH  O.  V.  1 141 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  THIRTY-THIRD  0.  V.  1 139 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  THIRTY-SIXTH  0.  V.  1 143 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  FORTY-FIFTH  O.  V.  1 145 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  SEVENTY-FOURTH  O.  V.   1 145 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  EIGHTY-SEVENTH  O.  V.   1 147 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  NINETY-FIRST  O.  V.  I.   (one-year  service) 149 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  NINETY-SEVENTH  0.  V.   1 150 

SEVENTH   INDEPENDENT   COMPANY.    OHIO    SHARPSHOOTERS 151 

TENTH   OHIO   BATTERY.   LIGHT  ARTILLERY 153 

THE    SQUIRREL    HUNTERS 154 

EIGHTEENTH    U.    S.    ARTILLERY 156 

TWENTY-SEVENTH    U.   S.   C.   T 159 

FORTY-SEVENTH   U.   S.   C.   T 160 

UNITED    STATES    NAVY 160 

SPANISH   WAR. 

FOURTH    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY 162 

FIRST    OHIO   VOLUNTEER    CAVALRY 165 

SEVENTEENTH    U.   S.    INFANTRY 166 

COLONEL    C,KOKGE    RUEHI.EN 168 

MEXICAN     WAR     170 

WAR    OF    1.812 175 

WAR    OF    THE    REVOLUTION 181 

OUR    HOYS    oi     OTHER    STATES 184 

Oun    HEROINES     186 

ROSTKR    OF    RKMMKNTS 191 

SOLDIERS    BURIED    IN    CEMETERIES  —  JEROME    TOWNSHIP 201 

OUR    HEROIC    DEAD.  .                                                                                           .  203 


OHIO    C.YVAUYMAX 
"Going  to  the  Front." 


RAID  OF  TlIK  TXIOX  CAVALRY,  COMMANDED  BY 

GENERAL  JUDSOX  KILI'ATRICK,  AROUND 

THE    CONFEDERATE    ARMY     IN 

ATLANTA.  AUGUST,  1804. 


In  military  parlance,  cavalry  is  called  the  "eyes  of  the 
arm\'/'  aivl  the  life  of  a  cavalryman  in  time  of  war  is  one  of 
constant  activity,  hard  and  dangerous  service.  During  the 
winter  season,  when  the  main  army  is  snugly  ensconced  in 
winter  quarters,  cavalry  is  the  most  active  and  has  the  hardest 
-ervice  to  perform,  as  it  is  kept  constantly  patroling  and 
routing.  All  these  movements  of  the  cavalry  arm  of  the 
service  require  vigilance,  secrecy,  energy,  promptness  and  dash; 
and  whether  the  command  is  composed  of  a  platoon  or 
division,  the  commander  must  not  halt  or  hesitate  in  an 
emergency,  but  must  act  immediately  and  supply  by  strategy 
what  he  lacks  in  numbers. 

During  the  last  two  years  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
cavalry  officers  were  composed  largely  of  young  men,  who 
were  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  privates  or  non-commissioned 
officers.  The  older  officers  could  but  with  rare  exceptions 
endure  the  hard  duty  of  picket  guard,  routs,  raids,  and  scouts 
of  fifty  and  sixty  miles  a  day,  which  were  of  usual  occurrence. 
Many  of  the  most  dangerous  expeditions  were  under  command 
of  officers  of  the  line,  penetrating  the  lines  of  the  enemy  with 
a  company  or  squadron,  capturing  outposts  and  couriers  with 
dispatches  that  were  of  vital  importance.  Scores  of  instances 
(  f  bravery  and  heroism  in  the  rank  and  tile  could  be  related 
that  would  do  honor  to  a  Kilpatrick  or  a  Custer,  and  instances 

1 


iif  individual  adventure  and  heroic  deeds  in  the  cavalry  service 
i    •::'.  '  l>c  multiplied  by  the  hundred. 

\-  an  instance  <>\  the  importance  ot  a  cavalrv  expedition 
ordered  by  (".eneral  Sherman  on  the  Atlanta  campaign,  and  how 
little  the  lo»  of  life  was  considered,  the  order  to  ('lenerai 
"eiuier  (larrard.  bearing  date  of  July  Jo.  1.^04,  read  in  part  a- 
f  HI  s:  "1  do  wish  to  inspire  all  cavalrv  with  my  conviction 
that  caution  and  pru'Vncc  should  be  br.t  a  small  element  in 
tl  eir  character."  "It  i-  a  matter  of  vital  ini])ortance  and  mu-t 
be  attemj)ted  with  great  vigor."  "The  im])ortance  of  it  will 
justify  the  loss  of  a  miarter  of  voiir  command."  tiarrard's 


that    one  thousand   men   should    he   -acriliced   in   thi-   one   raid. 
r:  tiler  than  it  should  fail. 

\  cavalry  raid  i-  dehned  in  a  military  -ense  "to  be  an 
incursion  or  irrii])tion  of  mounted  troop>  into  the  theater  of 
war,  occu])ied  by  or  under  the  control  of  the  enemy." 

(  )ne  of  the  main  dutie-  of  c;i\alr\"  in  time  of  war  i.-  to  make 
raid,-  in  the  rear  of  the  enemy's  armv.  Th.e^e  raid--,  \\hen 
-r,cce-<fu!.  alway-  :id<i  to  the  'fticiencv  and  rai-e  the  morale  of 
th.e  cavalry  arm  of  the  -ervice  ;md  givi-  force-  c-nga^ed  con- 
hdence  for  an  v  expedition,  however  hazardous  it  might  -eem. 

In    lact,    the    cavalr'/mai1    i-    ;d\sav>    m    hi-    element 
on   reci  inn oi- -a nee  or   raid,   te'-ming    \\  ith   da-h   ai  d    •>'  '     '  ' '  •  •  • 
Ca\  dr\  raid>  have  K-.'!i  in  vogue  more  or  le-s  from  the  earlie-l 
tin  e-  oi   \\hieh  we  have  any  hi-torv  of  the  ca\alrv  service.  '    ; 
in  " ••  prior  war  wa-  it  practice'1  to  the  extent  that  it  \va-  dr 
ti  -    \\  ar  of  the   Rebellion. 

re  i-  no  kind  of  -ervice  that  -o  dev  'lo|)s  the  -kill  of  tl 
•••     •    and  the  endurance  and  intelligence  oi   th.e  -oldier  a-  t1'-1 
-     ••'••     raid.     From  \^,<-  time  he  cut-  !•>,,-,•  from  the  main  a;"  !\ 
ti'    •'  «•   ,  ibjccl    of   i :    •    rai  :    :  -    nee  •  the    e, ,;  mi  n    !<-i 

•     '   i'   •  d  on   hi-    '•.-.''  re-ource~.  a-  he  ha-  nothin     to  d-     • 


Raid  of   Union   Car  airy  Around  Atlanta. 

tact  with  the  enemy.  His  men  are  being  killed  and  wounded; 
his  horses  are  exhausted,  or  killed  by  hard  marching-  or  bv 
the  bullets  of  the  enemy;  his  ammunition  is  being  rapidly 
consumed;  his  rations  eaten  up,  and  there  is  a  continuous 
destruction  of  his  forces. 

The  object  of  the  raid  is  to  destroy  the  enemy'  onijnur.i- 
cntion  by  burning  bridges,  filling  up  tunnels  and  railroad  cut- 
with  rocks  and  timber;  cutting  telegraph  wire-;  burning  ties; 
heating  and  destroying  rails;  burning  and  destroying  army  sun- 
plies;  capturing  railroad  and  bridge  guard.-,  and  cr-.v.ting  gen- 
eral consternation  and  havoc  in  rear  of  the  enemy's  linos. 
Raiding  expeditions  mu^t  carry  all  their  ammunition  from  the 
start,  as  they  have  no  resources  from  which  to  draw  should 
their  ammunition  become  exhausted.  Therefore  they  usuallv 
avoid  all  large  bodies  of  the  enemv,  excepting  those  in  their 
immediate  front,  who  are  endeavoring  to  repel  the  expedition 
from  striking  some  point  on  a  railroad  or  depot  of  supplies. 

Tluy  capture  all  prisoners  that  come  in  their  line  of  march, 
but  the  prisoners  are  usually  paroled,  as  the  command  move- 
so  rapidly,  often  marching  fifty  and  sixty  miles  a  day,  that 
prisoner-  can  not  be  guarded  if  they  are  mounted,  and  if  on 
foot  could  not  march  the  distance  required:  besides,  all  t!v 
good,  mount-  captured  are  needed  for  the  dismounted  troop- 
ers of  the  command,  as  many  horses  become  exhausted.,  while 
others  are  killed  or  wounded  by  the  enemy. 

When  prisoners  are  captured  on  such,  raid.-,  they  are  taken 
to  the  commanding  officer  and  questioned  very  per-i-U-ntlv  a- 
to  their  commands,  strength,  name  of  commanding  officer,  and 
anv  otlv,  r  in  for/nation  that  may  be  of  inter, --t  or  benefit  to  the 
commander. 

Xo  rule  can  be  adopted  for  the  time  and  phvo  of  raid-, 
hut  the  commander  rnu-t  be  governed  by  the  develonments  of 
the  campaign.  If  he  sees  an  opportunity  that  ' 
desirable  to  draw  the  enemv'.-  cavalrv  awav  fr  •: 


h-  fi  'IT  makini;  .  n  attack  in  force,  if  IK-  ha-  tin-  cavalrv  to  -pare 
!r<>m  In-  o\\n  .  r"iy.  a  rani  mav  be  made  in  the  enemv'-  rear: 
IT  if  h<-  ]•:.:'•  ''  eriemv  will  receive  rein  l<  ircen  lent-,  he  mav 
attempt  IM  c'.'.t  hi-  Communication-.  All  the-e  matter-  mn-t  he 
•  nie  1  1".  circuni-tances.  ami  tlie  commander  con-id<T-  care- 
fullv  all  the  -nrroundings,  and  \vhetlier  or  not  the  -acrilr.v  will 
in-tifv  -ending  "Ut  the  expeditii  >n. 

1  hie  '  '"  the  most  daring  and  -ucce--f;il  raid-  made  hy  the 
cavalrv  nf  the  \rniv  nf  the  Cnmlierland  during  the  C'i\'i'  \\  ar 
•..;•.-  tlir  raid  made  hv  two  divisions  nf  cavalry,  commanded  hv 
(\mral  Ini'-'iii  Kiljiatrick.  in  \r,^';:-l.  ]W<.\.  and  a-  an  »fficer 
'''"  the  l;ir-t  (  )hio  \dlunteer  ("a\'alry.  I  particijiated  vith  my 
re;^imen1  in  tl  at  expediti<  >n . 

C'leneral  Slierman's  magnificent  armv  moved  out  fr'.m  I'  at- 
tanoii^-a  ?\Ia\'  -.  iSo_|.,  and  the  Confederate  arm\'.  comm;1  ide:l 
\  ( 'u-iieral  Ji'-r]ih  h".  John-ton,  had  lu-cn  dri\'i-n  hack  -t<.  'ily 
tl-rou^h  the  mountain  pa--c>  and  aero--  the  river-  of  \orthern 
i  ':•  •  Tina  dnrin^  that  .^Tea.t  ha.ttle  -nnimer  of  i  Xdj  —  the  "one 
hundred  day-  under  fire  from  Chattanooga  to  Atlanta."  The 
k'.ttle  nf  l,!oi,dy  l\eiu>a\v  Mountain  had  been  fought,  tlH>  Chat- 
t;  '  •  id  ee  River  had,  been  cro--ed.  and  b\  the  middle  of  \ngn-t 
tl'.i-  I  nin'i  ;:rm\  \va-  clo-mg  in  around  the  "('>atc  Citv." 

I  )nring  the  month  of   I  n!\   t\\  o  cavalrv  e \|  n1'  lition-  had  been 

-'.•nt  out.  <  IT-  nnrler  ''.eneral  Stoiieman   from  the  left  flank,  and 

oth   r    nti'ier    General    Ivl.    .\b-Cook    fr-tm    the    right    flank. 

itl    •-    •   •"   tl    ••••    exiK-dition      ha  '.    been    a-    -ncce->ful    ;i-    (ii-n- 

.  r:'l    Slier-nan   had   h..|u«l    for.  a-    McG.ok's   divisicm   had   been 

re]iul-c-d  bv  an   overwhelming   force  of  the  enemv.  and    Stoiu-- 

•).  with  about   '•!!'•  thon-and  nj    hi-  command,  had   bc-.'n  ca]i- 

f.ircd.      S!i.'--;    ;-n.  tlu-refore.  'lecided  to  maki    another  effort   to 

IK"    '.   -    commiimcat  \<  >n   before   beginning   hi-    ^rand 

M    to    the    right,      f'.rneral    Kilpatrick.    who    had 

}'<•'•'_     "-oiindi-'l   ea.rly   in    the  camiiaign   a.t   the   battli-  of 

"•<.    h;    '    ••   •    ri-tnrned    t"    thi-    front,    and    wa>    cliafin''    to 


again  be  in  the  saddle  for  a  raid  full  of  dash  and  (lander,  wa- 
seleeted  to  command  the  two  divisions  of  cavalry  detailed  for 
this  hazardous  undertaking. 

The  expedition  was  composed  of  five  brigades  of  cavalry 
and  two  batteries  of  artillery.  The  Third  Cavalry  Division, 
commanded  by  Brigadier-General  Kilpatrick,  was,  on  August 
i  "th,  encamped  on  the  Chattahoochee  River  at  Sandtown.  on 
the  right  and  rear  of  the  army.  The  three  brigades  were  pres- 
ent:  Lieutenant-Colonel  Robert  Klein  commanding  the  First 
Brigade,  composed  of  the  Third  Indiana  :  Major  Alfred  C;id- 
dis,  and  the  Fifth  Iowa,  Major  J.  Morris  Young.  Lienter.ant- 
Colonel  Fielder  A.  Jones,  commanding  the  Second  Brigade, 
composed  of  the  Eighth  Indiana,  Major  Thomas  Herring  com- 
manding: Second  Kentucky.  Major  Owen  Starr  commanding, 
and  Tenth  Ohio,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Thomas  \V.  Sanderson 
commanding.  Colonel  Fli  II.  Murray,  commanding  the  Third 
Brigade,  composed  of  the  Xinetv-second  Illinois  Mounted 
fnfrntrv.  Colonel  Smith  D.  Atkins  commanding:  the  Third 
Kentucky.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Robert  11.  King  commanding: 
Fifth  Kentucky,  Colonel  Oliver  L.  Baldwin  commanding;  the 
Tenth  Wisconsin  Battery,  Captain  Yates  V.  Beebe  commanding. 

The  First  and  Second  Brigades  and  a  batterv  -if  arti!ler\ 
of  General  Kenner  Garrard's  division  were  ordered  to  report 
to  General  Kilpatrick  at  Sandtown,  to  engage  in  the  movement 
against  the  Macon  Railroad.  The  First  Brigade,  commanded 
by  Colonel  Robert  II.  G.  Mint}',  consisted  of  the  Fourth  Mich- 
igan Cavalry,  commanded  by  Major  Frank  W.  Mix:  Seventh 
Pennsylvania.  Major  William  II.  Jennings;  Fourth  I  nited 
State-.  Captain  James  I!.  Mclntyre.  The  Second  Brigade. 
commanded  bv  Colonel  Fli  Long,  consisted  of  the  Fir^t  ( )hi  >. 


/\i;;(/   <>f    i'nion   (.  iifalrv  Around  Atlanta. 

The  whole  c<  •mmand.  numbering  about  4. Son  men,  was 
comp< >sed  of  veteran-  of  long  service,  well  drilled,  splendidly 
office-red,  and  was  rcadv  and  anxious  for  anv  expedition  which 
had  promise  of  adventure  and  fighting. 

The  brigades  of  Mintv  and  Long  were  on  the  extreme  left 
of  the  I'nion  army  at  I'.uck  Head,  and  marched  all  night  on 
the  ijth  of  August  in  the  rear  of  the  army  and  joined  the 
Third  Hivision  at  Sandtown.  on  the  right  of  the  I'nion  army, 
on  the  mi  •ruing  of  the  iSth  of  August  at  sunrise,  and  Ciencral 
Kilpatrick  assumed  command  and  turned  river  the  command  ot 
hi-  division  to  Colonel  I'.li  !1.  Murray,  who  in  turn  turned  over 
the  comnian'i  of  his  brigade  to  Colonel  Robert  I..  King. 

\\  e  la\'  in  bivouac  all  dav.  and  on  the  same  e\enmg  at 
sundown  we  were  in  the-  saddle,  and  the  order  from  Cieneral 
Kilpatrick  was  read,  stating  that  we  "had  been  srU-ctcd  as  the 
last  hope  of  the  Commanding  C.eneral  to  break  the  ciicniv's 
unication.  and  \ve  must  go  forth  with  the  determination 
to  (!•  •  or  die." 

fienvral   Sherman,  in  a  communication  !'•  C>eneral  Thomas. 

bearing   rlat<    »j     Vngu^t    i~t'i.    -aid  :     "1    beg   vou    will   convev 

tile   M  il]o\vir:'j  !>rd<r-  to  govern   kilpatrick  in  hi-  inovenu'iit     •'; 

;:  e    Macon   n  ad.      It    i-  imt   a   rai  '.  but   a  deliberate  attack    for 

t'  r  purpo-e  of  -i     .'i-abling   that    road   thai   the  eiu-mv   \\'i!l   be 

unalile  l"  -•'•'•.    hi-  armv  at    Atlanta.      !  It-  will  have  hi-  own 

divisjdn   i  if  ca\'alr\    and   two  brigade-    from   General   fiarrard's 

livi-ii'n.      \\ith    th-.--e   he   \\ill   move   to-morrow    night.   ai"iing 

t-    cri  --  the  \\"i  -i    1'oinl  road  betwi-en   !v.-d  i  )ak  and   !;airburn. 

[f  !i    '•  :;-   ti:      .  ':•'   -hoiild   reipnve  a    -mall   -ection   ot    the   r^ad 

1  it1  -  ;:l    u-ing  *'"'  .   -imjib    to  le--en  the  chances  of  an   infantrv 

•    •          •   to  interc:-])t  In-  return,      lie  -hould  move  thru 

fi  ••       '      '        lit -a  rest   pi  mil   mi  the    Mao  >n  road.  aV>ort    b  >ne— 

bi.roMi  ]     dionld    destroy    a-    much    of    that    mad    as    he 

'bl\    cai      '11,     '.'orkinu    -teadilv    until    forced    to   takr   to   hi- 

•  •    '   :     r-.  -    f<  -  battl--. 


Raid  of   Union  Car  airy  Around  Atlanta. 

"Me  should  avoid  battle  with  infantry  or  artillery,  but  may 
safely  fight  any  cavalry  he  encounters,  and  all  the  army  should 
so  engage  the  attention  of  the  enemy  that  he  can  not  detach 
infantry  as  against  General  Kilpatrick.  Instruct  the  General 
to  advise  at  the  earliest  possible  moment  of  his  success. 

"I  wish  to  notify  General  Garrard  to  have  one  of  his 
brigades  readv  to  make  a  demonstration,  without  risking  battle. 
on  nnr  left,  and  have  this  effective  part  of  two  brigades,  under 
Long,  if  possible,  ready  to  move  this  night  by  moonlight  b\ 
! 'ace's  Ferry  and  Sandtown  bridges,  to  operate  with  Kilpatrick 
on  our  right." 

Strong  demonstrations  were  made  along  the  front  of  the 
I  nioii  army  as  soon  as  the  command  drew  out  from  Sandtown. 
by  infantry  and  artillery,  making  fe'iits  by  the  display  of  troops 
as  if  to  assault  on  both,  the  loth  and  2Oth.  General  Garrard 
with  his  remaining  cavalrv  force  made  a  demonstration  to  the 
left  toward  Stone  Mountain,  and.  drew  a  force  of  !  food'-,  armv 
in  that  direction.  General  lefferson  C.  Davis,  with  his  division 
of  the  Fourteenth  Corps,  moved  out  from  the  right  and  drove 
the  enemy  across  the  \Yest  Point  Railroad  and  destroyed  a 
portion  of  the  track. 

in  spite  of  all  these  aggressive  movements  of  Sherman's 
army.  Mood  detached  a  division  of  his  armv  to  attack  Kil- 
patrick's  cavalry,  which  was  seen  from  the  signal  station,  a^ 
-'•ovm  bv  the  following  dispatch: 

!  iowAi-in's   HKAjHjrAKTKKS,   AULIIM   jo.    1864  —  5  P-  'n- 
(General  Schuficld:     The  following  MIM  received   frnm  si^n.'i!  >.  ffict-r : 
"A    train    of   fifteen    freight    cars    i'.ist    'eft    Atlanta,    leaded    with    ini'ps 
inside  and  outride:   to],"-  i,f  cars   were  crowded." 

O.    ().    I  [OWAKD, 

Major-ticncral. 

'ibis  force  ])roved  to  IK-  Clebourne's  division,  winch  fought 
K.  ilpatrick  ;:t  1  ,o\-ei<  iv. 

[\verv  officer  and  s(,ldicT  in  the  command  rcalixed  tliat  the 
[jrojxjsed  exi.cdition  \\  a-  \'erv  perilon1-.  ;;-.id  the  cliances  were 


that  many  of  n-  would  he  either  killed  or  wounded,  or.  \\iiat 
scorned  wor>e.  land,  m  a  rebel  pri-on.  Alter  the  order  •.  a- 
read.  the  command  \\  a-  given  for  "the  pack  train  to  fall  out 
and  all  trooper-  whose  hor-es  were  lame  or  exhausted  -liould 
go  to  the  rear."  In  a  feu  minute-,  and  just  a-  the  -un  wa- 
dropping  hehind  the  mountain,  the  command  was  given. "  Right, 
forward,  four.-  right!"  and  we  were  off  nil  what  proved  to  h  • 
one  ot  the  hardc-t  cavalry  raid-  during  our  four  vear-'  service. 
Sonii  alter  dusk  we  -truck"  the  enemy's  picket-,  which  proved 
to  he  the  advance  of  Ro-s'  and  Kergu-on'-  hrigade-  of  cavalry, 
and  a  hri-k  -kirmi-h  \\  a-  kept  up  all  night,  and  during  a 
greater  part  ot  th.e  time  we  were  di-m, muted,  as  the  enemv 
wouM  throw  up  barricade-  at  ever\  good  position  at  hridge- 
or  along  the  edge  of  a  wood,  and  thev  gave  n-  so  mucli  trouble 
that  instead  of  reaching  the  \\V-t  I'oint  Railroad  at  midnight. 
a-  we  intendi-d.  we  did  not  -trike  it  until  iu-t  at  davbreak  of 
!:•'•  M)th.  King'-  brigade  of  the  Third  Division  had  the 
advance  during  the  night,  but  before  daylight  and  before  we 
-truck  the  \\e-t  I'oint  Railroad  near  Fairburn.  King'-  brigade 
-\\ung  to  tlie  left,  and  Joue-'  brigade  of  the  Third  !)ivi-ion 
had  the  advance  when  we  reached  the  railroad.  \Vheu  the 
railroad  wa-  reached  Long"-  brigade  dismounted  and  ootn- 

•  ced  tearing  up  and  de-troving  the  railroad  track  near  and 
-'  >uthwe-t  <  'f  I'airburn. 

C'avalrv,  wlu-n  they  become  accustomed  to  ihi-,  kuid  of 
\\ork,  \\  .u!d  '  r  up  a  track  \-ery  ra])idl\".  \\dien  the  o-- '  •• 
i-  givt  n  to  r'.i  ••:.  number  one.  two  and  three  di-m  'i'lit. 

ai  —  iber  lour  alwa\>  hold-  hor^e-.  remain-  mounted.  •  : 
'•:'-•'  ree  hor-e-.  \uml)er  threi-  hand.-  hi-  rei'1-  t  i 

•  "  l>er  fi  m  •  "  her  tuo  tie-  hi-  rein-  to  the  bit  of  number 
t'  re;  .  and  number  'i1  •  to  iviu  of  n.uuiber  two.  The  men  then 
form  along  one  -ide  ot  the  track  m  clo-e  onler.  and  at  i'o:u- 
"••''  gra-p  tin-  rail-  and  tie-  and  turn  the  track  over.  v; 
of  track-  i-  turned  before  a  joint  is 


Raid  of  Union   tai\ilr\  Around  Atlanta. 

broken.  The  men  move  along  rapidly,  and  many  rods  of  the 
track  will  he  standing  up  on  edge.  If  there  is  time,  the  rail> 
are  then  torn  loose  from  the  ties  by  pick-  and  axes,  carried 
for  that  purpose:  the  ties  are  piled  up  and  the  rails  on  top  of 
them,  and  then  the  ties  are  fired  :  thus  the  rails  are  heated  in 
the  middle  and  bent  out  of  shape  bv  being  t\visted  around 
tree>  or  telegraph  poles,  arc  left  there  to  cool,  and  no  doubt 
some  of  them  are  there  vet  to  mark  the  trail  of  the  cavalry 
raiders.  The  brigade  destroyed  about  a  mile  of  track,  when  we 
were  attacked  by  the  cavalry  and  artillery  of  the  enemy  in  both 
the  rear  and  left  flank.  The  brigade  was  ordered  to  mount, 
and  galloped  forward  to  join  the  First  Brigade,  under  Minty, 
which  had  crossed  the  track  and  had  the  advance. 

Long'-  brigade  formed  a  line  of  brittle  facing  toward  the 
left,  and  as  we  began  to  advance  a  battery  galloped  into  position 
on  a  little  knoll  to  the  right  of  our  line.  Just  at  this  mone.it 
General  Kilpatrick.  who  had  been  giving  orders  to  the  c  • '1.- 
mander  of  the  batter}',  came  (lashing  along  in  front  of  our  line. 
mounted  on  an  Arabian  horse,  looking  the  ideal  cavalryman. 
He  directed  Colonel  Long  to  move  hi>  brigade  forward  at  a 
gallop,  and  we  dashed  across  a  field  in  front,  over  ditches  and 
fences,  and  into  the  woods,  routing  the  enemy  and  taking  n 
number  of  prisoners. 

Still  farther  to  the  left  the  First  Hrigade.  under  Mrity, 
had  a  -harp  fight  with  CP" dry.  mounted  infantrv  and  a  batterv 
of  artillery,  which  bad  bw.ii  carefullv  mu-kcd.  and  the  fightrie, 
was  terrific  for  a  short  time.  The  Flcventh  \Visconsin  Bat- 
terv wa-  brought  inti>  action,  shelled,  the  woods  to  the  left,  and 
very  soon  the  enemy  retreated  in  confusion  {>  iwanl  Atlanta, 
and  were  driven  back  a  mile  or  tw>  from  the  left  of  our 
column. 

During  all  of  this  time  (icneral  Kilpatrick'-  headquarters' 
b;:nd,  mounted  on  white  horses  near  the  rai'road  track,  where 
the  work  of  destruction  w;i-  being  ''ro-eeute1  vigoroitslv,  wa- 


enlivening  the  -erne   with  patriotic  air:-,   which   \vn>   rather  an 
nnnsnal  innovation  during  a  tight. 

AS  tlie  real  objective  point  was  the  Atlanta  anil  M  aeon 
Railroad,  a-  soon  a-  the  left  of  the  column  was  clear',-''  of  the 
enemy  hara-sing  the  Hank,  that  part  of  the  comma;1!  which 
had  been  participating  in  the  flight  i«ined  the  main  column  and 
moved  forward  toward  [oneshorough.  Long's  brigade  having 
the  advance,  while  Minty's  brigade  \\  as  in  clo-e  -upport  in 
column,  and  the  Third  Division  was  |)rotecting  the  rear  and. 
Hank-. 

\\  e  -truck  tin-  enemy  in  a  -hort  time  and  attacked  them  at 
once,  pushing  th.em  hack  slowly  but  steadilv.  The  couutrv  was 
thicklv  wooded.  and  a  verv  bad  place  tor  cavalrv  {•>  operate. 
The  etiemv  would  throw  up  barricade-  at  every  favorable 
po-ition.  -uch  as  woods,  -tream-  or  ravines  tiring  on  the 
advance  from  ambuscades.  The  pn>gre--  of  the  column  was 
much  retarded,  and  the  cnemv  made  every  etlort  \<>  keep  our 
column  back  from  the  railroad  until  reinforcement.-  could  be 
moved  down  from  \tlanta.  About  noon  tin-  advance  halted, 
and  di-mi>umed  in  a  thick  piece  of  woods  i,,  \v\  \}](-  |1(>r-i>  rc-^t. 
and  tii  eat  a  hard-tack,  raw-pork  sandwich.  The  men  were  all 
-itting  or  lying  d"V  n.  when  all  at  mice  the  reheK  tired  a  vollev 
and  charged  th<  advancr  gua.rd.  driving  tlum  bac!  ;':1  thr 
reserves  he  i '  ire  we  c<  <\i]<  1  nil  'i:nt . 

Colonel  1 ,11:11;  ordererl  tin-  brigade  for\\  ard.  rli-ni'i1  I 
•  n  thr  d<  iilbK'-f iuick.  and  the  bang  o\  the  carbinr-  \\  ::-  -non 
ringing  out  and  the  rebel  hor-cmcn  were  •-uddenly  ','hecked 
and  -ent  -currving  back  thri'iigh  woods  and  tu-1  -  'he 
brigade  t:  en  a'i\-;!'irrd,  di -mounted.,  with  a  strong  >kir'"i-h  line 
in  from  'ind  tlriii ki  r-  ti  protect  the  column,  a-  th"  r>  '  ••  •'  c:  valrv 
k'-pt  a  cout inii' iu-  fm  M'OUI  the  woixls  \«  tin-  vigln  an  i  left, 
["lie  rebel  force  \va-  iiii-hed  back  steadily  until  ^'e  re'icheil 
Hint  River.  ;  nd  *  n  the  ea-t  ~ide  oj  tin-  -tream  t  hex  had  t '  f  >\\  n 
-••  •  •  rk-.  lug  ri'1(i  i  it-,  and  had  a  -tr»ng  po-ition. 


Raid  of   Union  Cavalry  Around  Atlanta. 

As  soon  as  our  advance  appeared  a  rebel  battery  opened  up 
and  the  Chicago  Hoard  of  Trade  Mattery  was  put  in  position, 
and  after  a  lively  artillery  duel  the  rebel  battery  was  silenced. 
The  First  and  Second  Mrigades  of  the  Second  Division  dis- 
mounted, advanced  some  distance  in  the  woods  on  the  west 
side  of  the  stream,  where  we  halted,  and  both  of  our  batteries, 
with  eight  guns,  were  put  in  position  on  a  hill  in  our  rear,  and 
at  a  signal  they  opened  up  bv  vollevs  for  several  rounds,  and 
as  soon  as  the  batteries  ceased  firing  the  two  brigades  rushed 
forward  with  a  yell,  and  the  rebel  line  left  their  works  and 
rifle-pits  and  fell  back  rapidlv  toward  louesborough. 

When  the  bridge  was  reached  the  planks  had  been  torn  up, 
and  there  was  nothing  left  but  the  stringers,  on  which  the  First 
and  Third  Ohio  and  Fourth  Michigan  crossed.  As  we  crossed, 
Kiipatrick  himself  came  up.  and  was  ordering  the  men  to 
jump  into  the  stream  after  the  planks  to  repair  the  bridge. 
The  dismounted  men  moved  forward,  and  reached  Jones- 
borough  about  sundown.  The  bridge  across  the  stream  was 
soon  repaired,  and  the  artillery,  mounted  men  and  led  horses 
were  closed  up  by  the  time  we  reached  the  town. 

We  had  some  skirmishing  in  the  outskirts  of  the  town,  and 
to  the  south  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  town  a  strong  force 
of  rebel  cavalrv  was  drawn  up  in  line  of  batik-  in  plain  view, 
and  the  officers  could  be  seen  dashing  to  and  fro  forming  the 
lines.  Our  lines  w<-re  straightened  up.  and.  moving  forward, 
the  rear  gu-'rd  ui  the  enemv  dismounted,  opened  up  lire  on 
our  ^kirmishers  from  houses  and  buildings,  and  a  brisk  fire 
was  kept  un  from  a  brick  church.  A  section  of  the  Chicago 
Roar']  of  Trade  I'attery  came  dashing  down  the  street  up  to 
the  skirmish  line,  unb'mbered,  and  -ent  a  few  .-hells  into  the 
church,  making  the  bricks  and  mortar  ilv.  and  the  church  was 
evacuated  in  ,-horl  order. 

The-  <ound  of  the  guns  and  scream  of  the  shells  was  sweet 
music  to  the  ear-  of  the  -kirmislu  rs.  and  thev  moved  forward 


with  a  shout,  and  the  ban.;'  hang!  oi  then'  -r.ar'i-rniging  car- 
bine- .-welled  the  ciiorn-  ;-  the  mrtvor  an  '  a  few  citi/eni 
appeared  in  ti:e  main  street  with  a  white  (lag  to  -r.rrender  the 
town  and  claim  ]>ri  >t<'Cti'  >n  for  the  citi/ei;-. 

'  ':  e  line  a  Ivanced  rapidly  through  the  tov  n.  the  reh«-l-  fell 
ba.ck  along  the  railroad,  and  ,ve  .-.  ••  MI  li;'<i  undisputed  ]>o->e>- 
-i  .n.  The  .-hell-  from  the  artillerv  had  fired  the  cotton  bale-. 
n-  '  ;  a-  b;irricades  around  the  railroad  building,  and  -oun  l)oth 
cotton  and  building-  were  bla/ing.  and  the  water  tank  at  the 

-tation  had  1 n  shivered  bv  a  shell.     <  )ur  m  •!    '      n  p    --e»ion 

of  the  telegraph,  office,  and  it  wa-  p-ported  that  an  old  operator 
in  our  command  caught  a  dispatch  -tating  that  reinforcements 
were  on  the  way  from  Atlanta,  which  wa-  very  important 
new-  t  .  Kilpatrick.  Jonesborough  i-  about  twentv--rive  mile- 
-i  irth  from  .\tlanta.  anil  a  o>n-iderablc  amount  of  clothing  and 
ci  :  imi--arv  store-  \vere  f.  >und.  with  whisky  an  1  ither  nec"- 
-an  munition^  ..f  war.  A!'  of  the-e  -upplie-  that  \ve  di  '  •  ' 
•  -d  [or  imm.ediate  n-e  were  burned  and  destroyed. 

As  II !'-  \vhole  armv  wa-  no\v  between  us  an.d  Shei 

;.;••  v.  it  wa-  not  particularly  de-irable  for  le--  than  ;lve 
tl:  iii.-ai  c;  valrvmeii  to  remain  in  thi-  po-itioii  verv  long  n  : 

le-tructio!     nf  the   railroad,   which   ran   through   the 
-tr  et  "f  the  t    ,vn.  \\~a-  commenced  at  once      Tearing  in    th. 
'••'•;'         ••       ing  the  rail-  and  tie-  wa-  done  princip.'.'l v  bv 
the  Third    [)i\-i-ion.  a-  th.ey  had  not   been  engaged   in  the   fight 
when    •.'  ••    entered    the   town.      The    Second    1'rigade    f. 'rnii 

•"  b:ittl  •       int!     of  the  town   and   aero--  the   railroad:   ''•' 
i-'ir-l    ! '.ri  n    i-d  faring    \tlanta.and  -Icirmi-hing  wa- 

•••       •  ighl        It    \va-   a    wild    night    and.    a    mo-1    gnr 

-cen   .     Tin-  -k\   wa-  lighted  up  with  burning  timber-,  buil  li    _r- 
c.  «tt  m  bale-  :  the  continuou>  bang  of  carbine-,  the  ga'i      in  j 
a   -tati   officer-  and  orderlies  up  and  down  the  -treet-  carr\'i"g 
ordi  r-     'i     li-p;  tche-,  the  terrified  citi/en-  peeri'^g  ''"i   of  -; 
".  - .   :  t   marching  *  if  troop-  changing  po- ;t; 


Kilpatrick's  headquarters'  hand  discoursing  national  airs,  with 
the  shouts  of  men  —  all  made  up  a  weird  scene  never  to  he 
forgotten  hy  the  troopers  who  were  on  that  raid. 

By  midnight  ahout  two  miles  of  the  road  had  heen  effect- 
ually destroyed,  and  in  attempting  to  move  farther  south  along 
the  road  a  strong  force  of  infantry  was  found  posted  behind 
barricades,  with  timher  cut  in  front.  This  position  could  not 
have  heen  taken  without  a  hard  fight  and  heavy  loss,  and 
K  il'oatrick  then  determined  to  withdraw  from  fonesborough, 
make  a  detour  to  the  east  and  strike  the  road  again  farther 
S'.  .'.:th.  The  movement  was  commenced  ahout  2  o'clock  on  the 
rooming  of  the  2Oth  hy  Murray's  division  and  Mintv's  brigade 
oi  the  Second  Division  marching  on  the  McDonough  road  to 
the  ea>t,  and  the  Second  Brigade,  under  Colonel  Long,  remain- 
ing in  the  barricades  to  hold  the  infantry  in  check  The  Second 
Brigade  withdrew  just  as  the  first  streaks  of  dawn  began  to 
appear  in  the  east,  and  they  were  followed  up  closely  by  the 
enemy,  both  cavalry  and  infantry,  the  First  Ohio  holding  the 
rear.  After  we  had  marched  about  five  miles,  the  advance 
regiments  halted  to  feed  their  horses,  and  the  enemy  made  an 
impetuous  attack  on  the  rear  guard,  and  one  battalion  was 
dismounted,  throwing  up  barricades  hurriedly  of  logs  and  rails, 
and  prepared  to  give  the  enemy  a  warm  reception. 

The  enemy  attacked  the  barricades,  and  as  their  line  was 
much  longer,  the  battalion  was  outflanked  on  both  sides,  and 
the  balls  were  soon  whizzing  from  the  flanks,  and,  as  the 
johnnies  would  say,  they  took  us  "end  wavs."  Although 
heavily  outnumbered,  this  battalion  of  the  First  (  )hio  held  its 
position  until  reinforcements  were  ordered  hy  Colonel  Long, 
and  the  rebels  were  soon  driven  back  in  confusion  toward 
Jonesborough.  General  Kilpatrick.  in  speaking  of  the  fight. 
Complimented  Colonel  Long  for  the  manner  in  which  he 
maneim  red  bis  command.  As  Gen  era.  1  I'hil  Kearney  once 


>aid  to  a  brigade  commander  who  reported  t»  him  during  one 
of  the  ^reat  battle-  in  \  ir^'ima.  and  a-ked  a-  l«  the  ]>i»iti<tn  hi-. 
brigade  should  take.  "Fighting  1'hil"  replied.  "Just  u'<  >  in  any- 
where: there  i-  lovely  fi^htin^  ;.!!  alon^  the  line."  Thi-  seemed 
tn  iu-  al">:.'.t  the  situation  at  thi-  time 

A-  SDI  in  as  the  eneniv  wa-  repul>ed,  Lon<^'-  brigade  wa- 
ordered  t' '  the  fri  >nt  on  a  ^a'l'ji  i>f  three  or  i>-\\r  mile-  toward 
I.'  \\i'i\-  St;;t;i>n.  \\here  we  found  that  Minty'-  nri^ade.  on 
r-trikinij  the  railroad,  had,  l>een  atta.ckei!  h\  ;>  heavy  force  of 
c:  '•  '  !r\  ;  nd  Re\nolds'  divisioii  of  infantrv.  The  iiifa'Urv  line 
\\~a-  concealed  in  a  railroad  cnt.  and.  the  Seventh  i  'enn-vlvania 
•  '  the  Fourth  I".  S.  Cavalry  dismounted,  drove  the  enemv'- 
line  in.  and  were  within  twenty  or  thirty  rods  of  the  railroad, 
when  the  infantrv  line  rai-ed  u\i.  delivered  a  very  de-trnctive 
vollev.  and.  n>hin^  from  the  cut.  drove  the  line  of  Minty's 
hri^.-ule  ha.ch  in  con-id<.Tab!e  confusion.  [u-t  at  this  moment 
Long's  bri^aile  a.rrived  on  the  field  with  the  Chicago  Hoard  of 
Trade  l'.atter\'.  The  brigade  \\\a-  dismounted,  f Drilled  a  lii 
<«f  battle,  and  b\-  thi-  time  some  of  the  demounted  men  nf 
••'.'-  brigade  came  ru>hin^  back  through  our  line,  and  it 
wa-  not  -afe  to  i;re.  as  it  would  eiiilan^er  th.e  live-  «\  -ome 
-  f  I'.ir  •  •  i-.-n.  Mthou^h  the  ball-  irom  the  rebel  infanti'\' 
v.  i-:  •  •  '  •  ill  :  .  .  ' '  •  '  <'.'.'.*.'•  -r-  -  '  i  1  .'•':/-  brigade  made 

••      r\    el't'T'    tii  keep  their   n     n    from   'n'!'1^'  until   the  rebel   line 

:h      i-l     i pon    u-,   but    when    our   troops    ,'id    i  ipen    up.   the 
r  !    '1   Hi  --  wa-  repul-ed  and  driven  back  \\ith  heav\    -laughter. 

1   '  i      "      !'ii;ird    of    Tra  v    1  lattery    wa-    up   on    the    fr  ml 
':-     .    a'1  '     ':  '.    -•  <c   'lent    e.\        • :       .        d    the   rebel     try    f-  1! 

'•  '     •'      r    :'r  i.i  '  cut.      Durin     thi-  fi^ht  the  line-  were  -  > 


Raid  of   [.'iiion   Cavalry  .Ironnd  Atlanta. 

boxes  were  broken  open  with  stones,  and  the  eartridges  were 
di-tril  uted  in  a  few  moments,  much  to  the  delight  of  the 
troopers. 

The  Second  Division  held  this  line  for  an  hour,  and  during 
ibis  time  staff  officers  were  busily  engaged  in  forming  the  led 
horses  in  columns  of  fours  facing  the  rear.  (  )ne  of  the  guns 
of  the  Chicago  Hoard  of  Trade  Hattery  was  disabled  in  a 
cornfield  just  to  the  left  of  the  First  ()hio,  andi  it  was  hauled 
to  the  rear  by  some  of  the  troopers  of  the  Second  Division. 
When  the  Second  Division  had  driven  the  rebel  line  back,  and. 
the  firing  had  about  ceased.  Colonel  Long  and  Minty  were 
ordere.'l  to  \\ithdraw  their  brigades  and  fall  back  to  the  led 
hordes,  a  few  hundred  yards  in  the  rear. 

Xow  we  began  to  realize  that  we  were  surrounded,  and 
the  chances  began  to  look  desperate,  as  our  ammunition  had 
alreadv  been  prettv  well  exhausted,  and  we  must  cut  our  way 
through  the  lines.  The  distance  between  the  two  lines  of  the 
ent/mv  could  not  have  been  more  than  three-fourths  of  a  mile. 
When  the  Second  Division  was  fighting  along  the  railroad 
and  near  the  station.  King's  brigade  was  in  support  of  the  rear 
and  right  and  had  some  hot  work.  Jones'  brigade  was  pro- 
tecting the  rear,  and  wa.s  hard  pressed  bv  the  divisions  of  Ross, 
Ferguson,  and,  Martin,  and  kept  up  a  continuous  fight  for  two 
hours  all  along  the  lines.  The  rattling  volleys  from  the  front 
a.nd  rear  echoed  back  and  forth  alternately,  mingled  with  the 
shouts  and  cheers  from  both  the  I  nion  and  rebel  lines. 

At  this  critical  time  the  situation  was  as  follows:  In  our 
rear  were  two  brigades  of  Clebonrne's  division  of  infantrv,  the 
cavalry  hrurades  of  Ross  and  Ferguson,  and  about  a  thousand 
State  troops  which  had  been  sent  from  below  Lovcjov  Station, 
an  ]  o-i  the  right  were  the  remaining  brigade-  of  Clebourne's 
division.  Martin'-  and  fackson's  brigades  o*"  cavalry  were  on 
the  left,  while  Reynolds'  division  ot  intantrv.  wuh  a  brigade 


nf  infantry  and  a  -:\-uun  hattrrv  -cut  up  from  Macon,  \vert1 
aloiii,r  the  railroad  ;•.!  Lovejoy  Statinii.  with  twelve  pieces  oi 
artilliTv  sent  down  from  \t1anta.  A  total  of  five  hri.ijades  of 
infantry.  eighteen  pieces  of  artillery.  -i\  hri^adc-  of  cavalry, 
in  all  a  force  of  more  th;  ;i  tm  thou-and  of  ;ill  arm-  -urround- 
!ny  our  two  .'ivi-iou-  of  cavalry,  nr.mlc  riny;  les*.  than  live 
thou-and. 

kilpatrick.     findH;,'    that     i1*.'    was    r<  »T!]>k'U-lv     ^urroundcd. 
r.r  x-ri-d  hi-  divi-i    n   a'id  hrigaili1  con  i  LTS  to  cut  their  \\~ay 

out.       Mi-    cav.'ilrv    had    hri-n    uii    to   thi-    tinir    Ms^htii 
i:itirrl\    ,i-  inf;.ntrv.  hut  thrv  «-oi  m    \\irr  :,'-'Vi-   to  h.    yivi-u  the 
rrivilr^'f   of    div.  ru;  their   -;iher-    tpiui   thu'ir   rusty   -cr-hl>ard- 
fi  r    ;i    cavalr}     •'•arj^v.    aii'i    the    opportunity    was    hade'!    \\~ith 
i':v!iL;";'t.       Sa     11  •    sj'irth.-    were    tielitrncd.    revolvers    examiiiecl. 


taut  for  the  -hock  and  melee  of  the  charge.  \Vhen  all  was  in 
r< v.dine--  an'l  the  or  Vr  wa-  yivcn  to  mount,  manv  a  hrave 
tn  '  per  -prany  into  his  -ad.dle  for  the  la-t  time  and  rode  to 

i-  death  in  that  wild  charge,  cheering  hi-  comrade-  on  to  the 
front  a-  he  fell. 

kilpatrick,  a  cavalrv  general,  remembering  the  mi-take- 
\\hich  had  heen  made  on  a  former  expedition  for  the  -ame 
i  —  o-c.  in-tead  of  -catteriny  lii-  troop-,  nia--ed  them.  The 
brigade-  of  Minty  and  I  .oug  were  formed  on  the  right  of  the 
road,  and  one  regiment  of  Mintv'-  brigade  formed  in  the  road. 

'•  ['bird  Divi-ion.  under  Colonel  Murray,  formed  on  the 
left  of  the  road:.  ,-;l!  facing  to\vard  Mcl)onouyh.  while  the 
artillery,  ai  ih'dauce-  tilled  with  wounded,  and  ammunition 
\-,  ay  'ii-.  v.  ••;•  foruted  in  the  road  \\'ith  order-  to  follo\\  np  the 
charymy  cohvu-  a-  clo-ch  a-  po--ihle.  Tlu-  troop-  were 

,••  r,.,]  i,i  ,-okr  •]-  of  four-  or  platoon-  \\-itli  the  proper 
iiiti  rval-.  a-  :t  •.-  a-  t!i<  r.yh.t  he-t  t  .  -trike  the  rehel  lii  e  and 
•  •  re.  :<  :  •  •.'•';•-  rat1  er  tlir.n  cl  aryi  in  line,  a-  it  v  ;  -  n 


long  distance  to  charge,  and  in  some  places  the  ground  was  cut 
up  by  ditches  and  washouts,  with  two  or  three  fences  between 
our  forces  and  the  rebel  lines. 

During  the  time  the  troops  were  forming  the  surgeons  and 
ambulance  corps  were  busy  gathering  up  the  wounded,  and 
caring  for  them  as  best  they  could.  The  rebels  had  formed 
two  or  three  lines  with  infantry  behind  barricades  of  fence  raiK 
and  logs,  as  it  seems  they  had  anticipated  a  charge,  and  they 
were  not  disappointed  in  their  expectations.  \Vhen  our  troops 
were  forming  two  batteries  opened  up  on  our  lines  from  the 
front,  and  the  infantry  was  closing  up  from  our  no\v  rear  from 
the  railroad.  When  all  was  ready  every  eye  was  turned  intently 
toward  the  line  of  barricades  in  front,  from  whence  shells 
were  now  coining  thick  and  fast,  and  through  this  line  and 
over  these  barricades  we  must  cut  our  way  out,  or  surrender, 
and.  perhaps,  starve  in  Andersonville. 

Draw  saber!  and  forty-five  hundred  sabers  ring  out  as  they 
are  drawn  from  their  scabbards,  the  reins  are  tightened,  the 
horses  are  excited,  with  nostrils  extended  as  if  they  "sniffed 
the  battle  afar  off." 

It  was  a  glorious  sight,  with  horses  stamping  and  champing 
the  bits  as  if  eager  for  the  fray,  standards  and  guidons  flung 
to  the  breeze,  with  the  flashing  here  and  there  of  staff  officers 
carrying  orders,  the  serious  face  of  the  commander,  the  stern, 
quick  commands  of  the  officers  as  the  squadrons  arc  forming. 
Many  of  the  boys  who  witnessed  and  participated  in  that 
charge,  but  whose  hair  is  now  silvered  with  gray,  can  feel  the 
flush  of  vouth  again  mount  their  cheeks,  and  the  blood  course 
more  rapidly  through  their  veins,  as  they  go  back  in  memorv 
to  the  day  they  charged  with  Kilpatrick,  August  2oth.  1804. 

The  command  "Forward!"  is  given,  the  bugles  ring  out 
"Trot!  Gallop!  Charge!"  in  quick  succession,  and  the  columns 
>wept  forward  under  the  spur  with  a  yell,  scaling  fences, 
jumping  ditches,  in  that  wild  and  reckless  charge1:  the  shell> 

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Riiid  of   I'nioii   i  <;r<//ry  Around  Atlanta. 

from  the  batteries  were  -weeping  the  lines,  while  troopers  and 
horses  were  falling  on  every  side. 

The  First  l.rigadc  -truck  the  rebel  line  at  and  just  to  the 
right  of  the  road,  and  Long's  brigade  struek  farther  to  the 
right,  and  Captain  \\'.  !I.  Scott,  of  the  First  Ohio,  fell  mortally 
wounded  in  front  of  one  of  the  gun--  of  a  rebel  battery.  When 
our  column-  -truck  the  barricades,  the  rebels  retreated  in  great 
confusion,  but  a  lieutenant,  commanding  a  section  of  artillery, 
who  gave  hi-  name  a-  Young,  was  mortally  wounded  ju-t  in 
front  of  where  Captain  Scott  fell,  a-  he  was  attempting  to  fire 
one  of  hi-  piece-  after  all  of  hi-  men  had  deserted  their  posts. 
Moth  brigade-  urge<!  their  h<>r-c-  over  the  barricad.es.  cutting 
right  and  left.  Manv  of  the  pri-oner-  had  saber  cut-  on  their 
hand-,  arm-  and  head-,  and  it  i-  e-timated  that  from  six  to 
eight  hundred  prisoner-  were  -abered.  Infantry,  cavalry,  led 
horses  and  artillery  were  fleeing  in  confusion,  and  at  one  time 
we  had  at  least  one  thou-and  prisoners,  but  tliev  nearly  all 
escaped  in  our  rapid  march  that  dark  night  following. 

.After  this  long  charge  over  broken  ground,  ditches,  fences, 
and  wood-,  the  regiment-  and  brigades  were  considerably 
broken  up.  as  many  hordes  had  been  -hot.  trooper-  wounded  or 
killed,  and  -ome  hor-e-  falling  in  a  ditch  that  we  crossed  were 
with  great  difficult  v  extricated,  -o  that  manv  of  the  men  were 
di-m<  punted. 

JU'fore  I,  ing'-  brigade  could  get  into  position,  as  Colonel 
I/'ng  had  been  ordered  to  cover  the  retreat.  Minty'-  brigade 
and  the  Thin!  Hivi-ion  having  moved  out  on  the  McDonough 
road.  I.ong'-  brigade  wa-  furiously  attacked  by  fat  Cle- 
bounie's  divi-ion  of  infantrv.  and  a  batterv  of  artillery,  and 
til1'-  tight  la-ted  about  an  hour,  with  a  part  of  the  brigade  di-- 
moirited.  In  this  a  —  ault  Colour!  I.ong  was  severely  wounded, 
but  p.  V  hi-  horse  to  the  rear,  supported,  on  either  -ide  by  two 

"•  '  •    :  '  if  '•  '"'"  -   fri  'Ui  hi-  e-c<  <r\ . 

Tl  •    I;ir-t  Ohio  was   forming  on  -onie  high  ground  ju-t  a- 


Raid  of  Union  Cavalry  Around  Atlanta. 

Colonel  Long  rode  to  the  rear,  pale  and  bleeding.  As  he  passed 
by  the  regiment  he  smiled  and  bowed,  and  was  given  a  rousing 
cheer  by  the  boys.  The  Third  Ohio  was  still  fighting,  dis- 
mounted, and  the  brigade  was  falling  back  by  alternate 
regiments,  and  just  at  this  time  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade 
Battery  came  galloping  back,  dashed  through  a  gate  and  into 
the  dooryard  of  a  plantation  house  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
road  from  where  the  First  Ohio  was  forming.  On  the  long 
porch  in  front  of  this  house  there  were  twelve  or  fifteen 
women  and  children  wringing  their  hands,  while  some  were 
crying,  others  were  praying. 

The  battery  opened  up  at  once,  and  the  rebel  battery  in  our 
rear  soon  got  range  and  sent  the  shells  thick  and  fast,  and  at 
least  one  of  them  struck  the  roof  of  the  house,  thus  adding 
to  the  terror  of  the  women  and  children.  \YhiIe  our  battery 
was  firing  one  of  the  guns  burst,  injuring  two  of  the  gunners. 
There  was  not  a  grim  veteran  of  our  command  whose  heart 
was  so  hardened  by  the  every-day  scenes  of  carnage  that  it 
did  not  go  out  in  sympathy  for  those  mothers  with  their 
children,  and  who  would  not  have  freely  risked  his  own  life 
to  have  saved  them  ;  but  no  aid  could  be  rendered  those  helpless 
ones,  as  no  soldier  could  be  spared  from  his  post  of  duty. 

The  enemy  was  crowding  the  rear  guard,  and  making  a 
desperate  effort,  by  shot  and  shell,  to  create  a  panic  and 
stampede  in  the  brigade.  N-ever  were  the  words  of  General 
Sherman  more  truthfully  demonstrated  that  "  \Var  is  cruelty, 
and  you  can  not  refine  it."  than  by  this  incident.  Lieutenant 
Bennett,  who  commanded  the  section  of  the  batterv  in  this 
fight,  informed  the  writer  the  next  day  that  all  of  the  women 
and  children  escaped  injury,  which  he  considered  almost  a 
miracle  under  the  circumstances,  as  the  shells  tore  up  the 
ground  on  all  sides  of  the  house. 

Soon  after  Colonel  Long  was  wounded  his  brigade  fell  back 
in  column  through  the  lines  of  MintyV  brigade  immediately  in 


Raid  of   L'nion   Cavalry  Around  Atlanta. 

the  rear,  and  Mintv's  men  covered  the  column  during  the 
afternoon  and  had  some  sharp  skirmishes  with  Clebourne's 
division,  following  up  with  infantry  and  artillery. 

The  whole  command  moved  rapidly  toward  McDonough. 
I'.oth  men  and  horses  were  tired  out  and  exhausted,  and  after 
the  excitement  of  two  days  and  nights  of  almost  continuous 
fighting,  there  was  a  complete  collapse  when  the  fighting 
ceased,  and  the  men  had  lost  so  much  sleep  that  they  seemed 
perfectly  indifferent  to  all  surroundings.  The  command 
marched  all  night  in  a  drenching  rain,  but  it  was  utterly  impos- 
sible to  march  in  any  kind  of  order  or  to  keep  out  an  advance 
guard,  as  men  and  officers  would  go  to  sleep.  In  some  instances 
the  horse-  would  halt  along  the  road  in  fence  corners,  and 
the  riders  \\oiild  either  unconsciously  dismount,  or  fall  asleep 
until  dragged  out  by  the  rear  guard  and  compelled  to  mount 
and  move  on  with  the  column.  Many  of  them  lost  their  hat>, 
and  no  doubt  others  were  taken  prisoners  by  the  enemy,  and 
the  column  moved  on  silently,  horses  exhausted,  half  of  the 
men  and  officers  asleep,  and  the  night  as  dark  as  pitch.  About 
J  or  ^  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  the  2  I  st  the  column  halted. 

\\  e  were  ordered  to  unsaddle,  as  we  had  not  unsaddled 
since  leaving  Sandtown  on  the  evening  of  the  iSth,  and  as 
-01,11  a--  the  saddles  were  removed  the  men  tumbled  down 
among  the  trees  on  the  wet  ground  at  their  hor-i -'  heads,  and 
were  -oon  sound  asleep.  \\  e  halted  there  until  (>  o'clock, 
aboiit  three  hours,  then  saddled.  Moving  on  about  half  a 
mile,  we  found  ourselves  on  the  bank  of  a  stream  called  Cotton 
Indian  Creel;,  at  high  flood,  the  bank-  full  to  overflowing,  and 
rio  bridge.  \\V  had  to  swim  our  horses  across  this  stream, 
and.  as  the  banks  were  -teep.  there  was  a  deep  cut  on  either 
i'U:  of  the  stream,  leading  to  the  ford,  and  it  was  not  possible 
to  get  up  the  bank  only  at  one  point,  so  that  the  proce—  of 
crossing  the  -tream  wa-  tedious.  Picket  ropes  were  -tretchrd 
aero--  the  ^  tream.  and  General  Kilpatrick  and  his  division 


Raid  of  Union  Cavalry  Around  Atlanta. 

and  brigade  commanders  were  on  the  bank  superintending  the 
crossing.  Men,  horses  and  mules  were  floundering  around  in 
the  stream,  and  it  was  no  doubt  the  first  attempt  of  some  of 
the  horses  to  swim,  and  in  some  instances  the  men  would  get 
frightened,  pull  on  the  reins,  and  as  a  result  many  of  the 
riders  were  unhorsed,  and  were  saved  only  by  the  ropes.  A 
number  of  soldiers  were  drowned.  Forty  or  fifty  horses  and 
a  number  of  mules  were  lost,  and  the  dismounted  gun,  hauled 
in  an  ammunition  wagon,  was  abandoned.  But  the  ambulances, 
carrying  nearly  one  hundred  wounded,  were  all  safely  crossed. 
Having  crossed  this  stream,  we  were  not  again  troubled  by 
the  enemy :  they  did  not  follow  us  up,  as  they  were  in  no  better 
condition  for  fighting  than  our  own  forces.  Guns  and  ammuni- 
tion were  soaked  with  water,  as  every  man  in  the  command 
was  wet  above  the  waist  after  fording  the  creek. 

The  command  marched  on  all  day,  and  about  dark  reached 
Lithonia,  on  the  Augusta  Railroad,  and  went  into  bivouac  for 
the  night,  rejoicing  to  have  the  opportunity  for  a  much-needed 
rest,  as  we  had  now  been  out  three  days  and  nights,  had  only 
unsaddled  once,  and  had  not  more  than  two  hours'  sleep, 
excepting  what  we  had  snatched  in  the  saddle.  The  next  day 
the  command  marched  through  Lattimer  and  Decatur,  and 
reached  our  old  camp  at  Buck  Head  about  sundown  of  the  22(1, 
having  marched  completely  around  1  food's  arm}-  in  five  days. 

General  Kilpatrick,  in  his  report  to  General  Sherman  after 
the  raid,  stated  that  the  defeat  of  the  Confederates  in  the 
charge  "was  the  most  complete  rout  that  the  rebel  cavalry 
had  sustained  during  the  war." 

In  summing  up  results  he  stated  that  "  four  miles  of  railroad 
track  was  completely  destroyed,  and  ten  mile^  badly  damaged. 
Two  locomotives  with  one  train  of  cars  were  totally  destroyed, 
and  another  train  partially  destroyed.  A  wagon  train  and 
many  ambulances  were  captured,  and  a  large  amount  of  annv 
supplies  burned  at  Jonesborough.  One  four-gun  batterv,  three 


Raid  of   Union   L'ai'alry  .-Iround  Atlanta. 

battle  Hags,  with  a  large  number  of  horses  and  mules,  were  cap- 
tured, and  one  hundred  prisoners  of  the  eight  hundred  to  one 
thousand  taken  at  Lovejov  were  brought  into  our  lines,  the 
balance  having  escaped  in  the  darkness  during  the  rapid  march 
in  a  IK  Hiring  rain  on  the  night  of  August  2Oth." 

General  Long,  in  a  letter  written  to  the  writer  a  few  years 
ago.  stated  that  in  the  fight  with  Clebourne's  infantry,  after 
the  charge,  and  when  Long  was  severely  wounded,  that  he 
"maneuvered  hi-*  brigade  by  bugle  command-  or  -ignal-  as  he 
had  never  seen  done  before  or  since  in  a  battle." 

The  losses  in  killed,  wounded  and  mis-ing  in  the  two 
divisions  was  320,  of  which  2  if'  were  in  the  brigades  of  Minty 
and  Long.  Second  Division,  and  no  of  the  Third  Division. 
Among  tlu-  officer-  killed  were  Captain  \\  .  11.  Scott,  of  the 
Fir-t  Ohio  Cavalrv.  Inspector-General  on  the  staff  of  Colonel 
Long;  Captain  Jame-  G.  Taylor.  Seventh  Pennsylvania  Cav- 
alrv; Lieutenant  C.  C.  Herman-,  Seventh  Penn-yK  ania  Cav- 
alry. The  Confederate  losses  were  heavy,  but  could  not  be 
ascertained  definitely,  but  they  were,  no  doubt,  a-  heavy  as 
our  own. 

A  dispatch  sent  from  Atlanta  to  the  Memphis  Appeal,  and 
publi-hed  a  few  dav-  after  the  tight,  gives  the  Confederate 
-ide.  and  i-  herewith  publi-hed  : 

"The  new-paper-  have  lately  been  full  of  accounts  of  how 
.Martin'-  divi-ion  of  cavalrv  was  run  over  bv  the  Yankee-  at 
Lovejov  on  the  2oth  ultimo.  The  writer  wa-  on  the  field  on 
that  occa-ion,  and  in  ju-tice  to  the  mnch-abu-ed  cavalry  -tales 
the  fact-  in  the  matter. 

"  Martin'-  divi-ion.  supporting  the  battery,  wa-  formed  on 
the  McDonough  road.  Ro— '  and  I-Yrgu-on'-  command-  on 
foot  were  in  front  and  on  each  -ide  of  the  batterv,  behind 
rail  brea-twork-.  A  brigade  of  Clebourne'-  infantrv  \va-  on 
the  left  of  the  roa.d  in  three  line-,  the  la-t  one  in  a  piece  of 
wood;  Ab' 'Ut  one  hundred  \ard-  in  rear  of  the  position  of 


Raid  of   Union   C'aralry  .Ground  Atlanta. 

the  batter}',  on  the  right  of  the  road  (cast  side)  the  State 
troops  were  formed  in  line.  \Yhen  the  Yankees  charged  they 
came  in  a  solid  column,  ten  or  twelve  lines  dec]),  running  their 
horses  and  yelling  like  devils.  They  didn't  stop  to  fight  or 
attempt  to  keep  any  kind  of  order  or  formation,  but  each  fellow 
for  himself  rushed  on.  swinging  his  saber  over  his  head. 

"They  rode  over  Ross'  and  Ferguson's  men  in  the  center, 
and  over  and  through  Clebourne's  lines,  one  after  another,  on 
the  left.  Clebourne's  first  line,  they  say,  tried  to  use  their 
bayonets,  but  the  Yankees  cut  them  to  pieces.  After  the 
Yankees  had  cut  through  all  the  other  forces  and  captured  the 
battery.  Martin,  seeing  the  field  was  lost,  retreated  in  good 
order  to  the  east  and  joined  Clebourne's  main  body,  and  aided 
in  the  final  defeat  of  the  enemy  on  the  McDonough  road  that 
evening,  and  pursued  them  to  and  through  McDonough  that 
night,  recapturing  near!}'  five  hundred  of  our  men.  which  they 
took  in  the  charge.  The  effort  to  arouse  the  people  against 
Martin  and  his  brave  division  is  more  disgraceful  and  demoral- 
izing than  the  Yankees'  charge  itself,  and  should  be  frowned 
upon  by  all  who  wish  well  to  our  cause." 

The  distance  marched  by  Kilpatrick's  command  was  about 
one  hundred  and  twenty  miles,  and  the  route  can  be  traced  on 
the  accompanying  official  map. 


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